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Persons with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease use a basic orientation technology to travel to different rooms within a day center
Lancioni, Giulio E.,
Perilli, Viviana,
Singh, Nirbhay N.,
O’Reilly, Mark F.,
Sigafoos, Jeff,
Bosco, Andrea,
De Caro, Maria Fara,
Cassano, Germana,
Pinto, Katia,
Minervini, Mauro
This study assessed whether three patients with Alzheimer’s disease could learn to use a basic orientation technology to reach different rooms within a day center. At each travel instance, the technology provided verbal messages (cues) from the room to reach. For the first two patients, the messages were presented at intervals of about 15s. For […]
Dementia caregivers’ responses to 2 Internet-based intervention programs
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the impact on dementia caregivers’ experienced stress and health status of 2 Internet-based intervention programs.; Design and Methods: Ninety-one dementia caregivers were given the choice of being involved in either an Internet-based chat support group or an Internet-based video conferencing support group. Pre-post outcome measures focused […]
Persons with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease learn to use urine alarms and prompts to avoid large urinary accidents
Lancioni, Giulio E.,
Singh, Nirbhay N.,
O’Reilly, Mark F.,
Sigafoos, Jeff,
Bosco, Andrea,
Zonno, Nadia,
Badagliacca, Francesco
This study assessed whether three patients with Alzheimer’s disease could learn to use urine alarms and caregivers’ prompts to eliminate large urinary accidents. As soon as the patient began to release urine, the alarm system presented auditory and vibratory signals. In relation to those signals, the caregiver would prompt/encourage the patient to stop urinating and […]
A pilot usability study of MINWii, a music therapy game for demented patients
MINWii is a music therapy game for the renarcissization of demented patients. It lets players improvise or play songs of their choice by pointing at a virtual keyboard with a Wiimote Pistol. We present the results of a three-month usability study we conducted with 7 institutionalized patients suffering from mild to moderately severe Alzheimer’s disease […]
The effect of telephone support groups on costs of care for veterans with dementia
Wray, Laura O.,
Shulan, Mollie D.,
Toseland, Ronald W.,
Freeman, Kurt E.,
Vásquez, Bob Edward,
Gao, Jian
Purpose: Few studies have addressed the effects of caregiver interventions on the costs of care for the care recipient. This study evaluated the effects of a caregiver education and support group delivered via the telephone on care recipient health care utilization and cost.; Design and Methods: The Telehealth Education Program (TEP) is a manualized program […]
Sleep in dementia caregivers and the effect of a nighttime monitoring system
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if a nighttime home monitoring system, designed to track the movements of a care recipient with dementia, would relieve worry and improve sleep in caregivers of persons with dementia.; Design and Methods: In this controlled clinical trial, 49 dementia caregivers were followed for up to 1 […]
Effects of a robot pet-assisted program for elderly people with dementia
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects on the cognitive function, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), mood, social behaviors, and problematic behaviors of robot pet-assisted program for elderly people with dementia.; Methods: This study was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The participants were 32 elders with dementia. Seventeen were assigned […]
The effect of videophone communication (with skype and webcam)for elderly patients with dementia and their caregivers
Hori, Miyako,
Kubota, Masakazu,
Ando, Koichi,
Kihara, Takeshi,
Takahashi, Ryosuke,
Kinoshita, Ayae
We conducted an intervention study to clarify how effectively videophone (Skype) was used in the communication for elderly patients with dementia cared at home and their caregivers. For a period of 12 weeks, a patient-caregiver pair(n = 6) communicated with a nurse via computer for 30 minutes once a week. The patient and the caregiver […]
Technology-aided verbal instructions to help persons with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease perform daily activities
Lancioni, Giulio E.,
Singh, Nirbhay N.,
O’Reilly, Mark F.,
Sigafoos, Jeff,
Tatulli, Emanuela,
Rigante, Valeria,
Zonno, Nadia,
Perilli, Viviana,
Pinto, Katia,
Minervini, Mauro G.
These two studies extended previous research on the use of verbal instructions and support technology for helping persons with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease perform daily activities. Study I included seven participants who were to carry out one of two previously targeted activities (i.e., either coffee preparation or table setting). Study II included four participants […]