Table 1 Search terms used in PubMed in Phase 2 (search terms were adapted as appropriate for other databases)

PubMed search 1 (run 24.4.17, focused on elements of Namaste Care intervention such as massage, music, sensory stimulation)

sensory[Title/Abstract] OR touch[Title/Abstract] OR senses[Title/Abstract] OR massage[Title/Abstract] OR namaste[Title/Abstract] OR music[Title/Abstract] OR smell[Title/Abstract] OR aroma[Title/Abstract]) OR (“massage therapy”) OR (“sensory stimulation”) OR (“music therapy”) OR (“therapeutic touch”)) AND ((“dementia”) OR (“alzheimers”) OR (“end of life”) OR (“palliative”) OR (“coma”)) Filters: published in the last 10 years; Humans

PubMed search 2 (run 26.4.17, terms relating to person-centred care)

((“person centred care”) OR (“person centred care”[Title/Abstract]) OR (person centred care) OR ((“biography”) OR (biography[Title/Abstract] OR biographical[Title/Abstract]))) AND ((“residential care”) OR (“nursing home”) OR (“care home”) OR (“residential home”))