Edvardsson, David, Sandman, P. O., Borell, Lena

Background: Person-centeredness has had substantial uptake in the academic literature on care of older people and people with dementia. However, challenges exist in interpreting and synthesizing the evidence on effects of providing person-centered care, as the person-centered components of some intervention studies are unclear—targeting very different and highly specific aspects of person-centeredness, as well as […]

Duff, Melissa C., Gallegos, Diana R., Cohen, Neal J., Tranel, Daniel

Seminal work in Gary Van Hoesen’s laboratory at Iowa in the early 1980s established that the hallmark neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD; neurofibrillary tangles) had its first foothold in specific parts of the hippocampal formation and entorhinal cortex, effectively isolating the hippocampus from much of its input and output and causing the distinctive impairment of […]

Díaz-Veiga, Pura, Sancho, Mayte, García, Álvaro, Rivas, Esther, Abad, Elixabet, Suárez, Nerea, Mondragón, Gabriela, Buiza, Cristina, Orbegozo, Ana, Yanguas, Javier

Introduction: The Model of Person Centered Care has attracted increasing interest for use in gerontology centers. Therefore, the contributions about its impact are scarce in our context. The objective of this paper is to establish the impact that the interventions associated with the Model of Person Centered Care in the «Etxean Ondo» Project have on […]

Davis, Jennifer Duncan, Tremont, Geoffrey, Bishop, Duane S., Fortinsky, Richard H.

Objective: Study the preliminary efficacy of a telephone intervention, Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking-Nursing Home (FITT-NH) for improving dementia caregivers’ adjustment following nursing home placement.; Methods: Caregivers were enrolled on average 6 weeks following the care-recipients’ placement in a nursing home. Baseline assessment included self-report measures of caregiver emotional functioning, staff-caregiver interactions, placement satisfaction, health-related quality […]

Dannhauser, Thomas M., Cleverley, Martin, Whitfield, Tim J., Fletcher, Ben, Stevens, Tim, Walker, Zuzana

Background: Dementia affects 35 million people worldwide and is currently incurable. Many cases may be preventable because regular participation in physical, mental and social leisure activities during middle age is associated with up to 47% dementia risk reduction. However, the majority of middle-aged adults are not active enough. MCI is therefore a clear target for […]

Czaja, Sara J., Loewenstein, David, Schulz, Richard, Nair, Sankaran N., Perdomo, Dolores

Background/objectives: Available services and intervention programs for dementia caregivers are often underutilized because of issues such as cost, logistics, lack of knowledge about available services, or insufficient support from others. Information technologies offer the potential of removing these barriers and facilitating the ability of caregivers to access needed support. This project evaluated the feasibility and […]

Chenoweth, Lynn, Forbes, Ian, Fleming, Richard, King, Madeleine T., Stein-Parbury, Jane, Luscombe, Georgina, Kenny, Patricia, Jeon, Yun-Hee, Haas, Marion, Brodaty, Henry

Background: There is good evidence of the positive effects of person-centered care (PCC) on agitation in dementia. We hypothesized that a person-centered environment (PCE) would achieve similar outcomes by focusing on positive environmental stimuli, and that there would be enhanced outcomes by combining PCC and PCE. Methods: 38 Australian residential aged care homes with scope […]

Camargos, Einstein F., Louzada, Luciana L., Quintas, Juliana L., Naves, Janeth O.S., Louzada, Fernando M., Nóbrega, Otávio T.

Objectives: There are no randomized clinical trials regarding efficacy of trazodone in the treatment of sleep disturbances (SD) in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). We tested the efficacy and safety of trazodone to treat SD in patients with AD. Design: We conducted a double-blind, randomized and controlled trial during periods of 7–9 days at baseline […]

Brodaty, Henry, Mittelman, Mary, Gibson, Louisa, Seeher, Katrin, Burns, Alistair

Objective: Does psychosocial intervention for caregivers whose spouses with Alzheimer disease (AD) are taking donepezil delay nursing home (NH) placement or death of patients?; Design: Randomized controlled trial with 2 years of active treatment and up to 8.5 years of follow-up (mean: 5.4 years, SD: 2.4).; Setting: Outpatients of research clinics in Australia, the United […]

Alves, J., Alves-Costa, F., Magalhaes, R., Goncalves, O. F., Sampaio, A.

Although some studies point to cognitive stimulation as a beneficial therapy for older adults with cognitive impairments, this area of research and practice is still lacking dissemination and is underrepresented in many countries. Moreover, the comparative effects of different intervention durations remain to be established and, besides cognitive effects, pragmatic parameters, such as cost-effectiveness and […]