Oppikofer, S., Albrecht, K., Martin, M.

Social relationships are an important factor for maintaining life satisfaction in elderly people. Little is known, however, about the influence of increased social support towards the well-being of cognitively impaired people. This is why two comparative studies in Switzerland and Austria, with 84 cognitively impaired individuals (aged between 65 and 98) with in-patient treatment, used […]

Narme, Pauline, Clément, Sylvain, Ehrlé, Nathalie, Schiaratura, Loris, Vachez, Sylvie, Courtaigne, Bruno, Munsch, Frédéric, Samson, Séverine

Although musical interventions have recently gained popularity as a non-pharmacological treatment in dementia, there is still insufficient evidence of their effectiveness. To investigate this issue, a single-center randomized controlled trial was conducted with forty-eight patients with Alzheimer’s disease or mixed dementia to compare the effects of music versus cooking interventions in the emotional, cognitive, and […]

Moyle, Wendy, Cooke, Marie, Beattie, Elizabeth, Jones, Cindy, Klein, Barbara, Cook, Glenda, Gray, Chrystal

This pilot study aimed to compare the effect of companion robots (PARO) to participation in an interactive reading group on emotions in people living with moderate to severe dementia in a residential care setting. A randomized crossover design, with PARO and reading control groups, was used. Eighteen residents with mid- to late-stage dementia from one […]

Mossello, Enrico, Ridolfi, Alessandro, Mello, Anna Maria, Lorenzini, Giulia, Mugnai, Francesca, Piccini, Carolina, Barone, Domenico, Peruzzi, Anna, Masotti, Giulio, Marchionni, Niccolò

Background: Preliminary studies suggest beneficial effects of animal-assisted activities (AAA) on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), but data are inconsistent. This study aimed to assess the effect of AAA with dogs on cognition, BPSD, emotional status and motor activity in severe Alzheimer’s disease (AD).; Methods: Ten patients attending an Alzheimer Day Care Center […]

Gelmini, G., Morabito, B., Braidi, G.

The present study has been organized for appraising if the formation of the caregivers of insane patients can bring benefits to the conditions of stress that bear every day. The evaluation has considered 74 caregivers participants to 5 courses of formation organized in 12 evenings of around 2 each. The subjects have been valued before […]

Ehrlé, Nathalie, Henry, Audrey, Pesa, Audrey, Bakchine, Serge

This paper presents a French battery designed to assess emotional and sociocognitive abilities in neurological patients in clinical practice. The first part of this battery includes subtests assessing emotions: a recognition task of primary facial emotions, a discrimination task of facial emotions, a task of expressive intensity judgment, a task of gender identification, a recognition […]