Hanson, Laura C., Carey, Timothy S., Caprio, Anthony J., Lee, Tae Joon, Ersek, Mary, Garrett, Joanne, Jackman, Anne, Gilliam, Robin, Wessell, Kathryn, Mitchell, Susan L.

Objectives: To test whether a decision aid improves quality of decision-making about feeding options in advanced dementia.; Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Twenty-four nursing homes in North Carolina.; Participants: Residents with advanced dementia and feeding problems and their surrogates.; Intervention: Intervention surrogates received an audio or print decision aid on feeding options in advanced […]

Rubright, Jonathan, Sankar, Pamela, Casarett, David J., Gur, Ruben, Xie, Sharon X., Karlawish, Jason

Objectives: Early and progressive cognitive impairments of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) hinder their capacity to provide informed consent. Unfortunately, the limited research on techniques to improve capacity has shown mixed results. Therefore, the authors tested whether a memory and organizational aid improves the performance of patients with AD on measures of capacity and competency […]

Rinne, Juha O., Frantzen, Janek, Leinonen, Ville, Lonnrot, Kimmo, Laakso, Aki, Virtanen, Kirsi A., Solin, Olof, Kotkansalo, Anna, Koivisto, Anne, Sajanti, Juha, Karppinen, Atte, Lehto, Hanna, Rummukainen, Jaana, Buckley, Chris, Smith, Adrian, Jones, Paul A., Sherwin, Paul, Farrar, Gill, McLain, Richard, Kailajarvi, Marita, Grachev, Igor D.

Unlabelled: BACKGOUND/OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of association between uptake of the amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent [(18)F]flutemetamol and the level of amyloid-β measured by immunohistochemical and histochemical staining in a frontal cortical region biopsy site.; Methods: Seventeen patients with probable normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) underwent prospective [(18)F]flutemetamol PET and subsequent frontal cortical […]

Imbeault, Hélène, Bier, Nathalie, Pigot, Hélène, Gagnon, Lise, Marcotte, Nicolas, Fulop, Tamas, Giroux, Sylvain

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative disease characterised by a progressive loss of cognitive functions and impairment of activities of daily living severe enough to interfere with normal functioning. To help persons with this disease perform a variety of activities, our research team developed AP@LZ, an electronic organiser specifically designed for them. Two participants with Alzheimer’s […]