Galvin, James E., Tolea, Magdalena I., George, Nika, Wingbermuehle, Cheryl

Purpose: In a collaborative effort between the Missouri Department of Health, Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), Alzheimer Association, and academic researchers, we tested whether early dementia detection and comprehensive care consultations would improve health outcomes in care receivers (CRs) and their family caregivers (FCGs), therefore addressing an important public health concern.; Participants and Methods: A […]

Grossfeld-Schmitz, Maria, Donath, Carolin, Holle, Rolf, Lauterberg, Joerg, Ruckdaeschel, Stephan, Mehlig, Hilmar, Marx, Peter, Wunder, Sonja, Grässel, Elmar

Background: Counselling of family members is an established procedure in the support of dementia patients’ relatives. In absence of widespread specialised dementia care services in most countries, however, counselling services are often not taken up or only very late in the course of the disease.; Object: In order to promote acceptance of this service, a […]

Robitaille, Annie, Muniz, Graciela, Lindwall, Magnus, Piccinin, Andrea M., Hoffman, Lesa, Johansson, Boo, Hofer, Scott M.

The current study examines the role of social contact intensity, cognitive activity, and depressive symptoms as within- and between-person mediators for the relationships between physical activity and cognitive functioning. All three types of mediators were considered simultaneously using multilevel structural equations modeling with longitudinal data. The sample consisted of 470 adults ranging from 79.37 to […]