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Predicting road test performance in drivers with dementia
Objectives: To develop a cognitive and functional screening battery for the on-road performance of older drivers with dementia.; Design: Prospective observational study.; Setting: On-road driving evaluation clinic at an academic rehabilitation center.; Participants: Ninety-nine older people with dementia (63% male, mean age 74.2 ± 9), referred by community physicians to an occupational therapy driving clinic.; […]
The value of social attributes of stimuli for promoting engagement in persons with dementia
The present study examined the impact of different attributes of social stimuli using the stimulus attributes aspect of the Comprehensive Process Model of Engagement ( Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 17:299-307). Participants were 193 residents of 7 Maryland nursing homes with a diagnosis of dementia. Stimuli were chosen to represent different levels of the following social […]
Day care at green care farms: a novel way to stimulate dietary intake of community-dwelling older people with dementia?
De Bruin, S. R.,
Oosting, S. J.,
Tobi, H.,
Blauw, Y. H.,
Schols, J. M. G. A.,
De Groot, C. P. G. M.
Objective: This study aimed to compare dietary intake of older people with dementia receiving day care at regular day care facilities (RDCFs) or at so-called green care farms (GCFs).; Design and Settings: A comparative cross-sectional study was performed at 10 GCFs and 10 RDCFs in the Netherlands.; Participants: 30 subjects from GCFs and 23 subjects […]
Effects of cholinesterase inhibitors on visual attention in drivers with Alzheimer disease
Daiello, Lori A.,
Ott, Brian R.,
Festa, Elena K.,
Friedman, Michael,
Miller, Lindsay A.,
Heindel, William C.
Objective: We conducted a combined observational cohort and case-control study in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) to assess the effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment on cognitive functions important for driving.; Methods: Performance of 24 outpatients with newly diagnosed (untreated) early-stage AD was compared before beginning ChEI (pre-ChEI) and after 3 months of therapy (post-ChEI) […]
Treatment with galantamine and time to nursing home placement in Alzheimer’s disease patients with and without cerebrovascular disease
Feldman, Howard H.,
Pirttila, Tuula,
Dartigues, Jean-François,
Everitt, Brian,
Van Baelen, Bart,
Schwalen, Susanne,
Kavanagh, Shane
Objective: This study evaluated patient and treatment (galantamine and other acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs)) factors associated with the time until nursing home placement (NHP) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with and without cerebrovascular disease (CVD).; Methods: Re-contact follow-up study conducted in 2004 of 548 patients who had previously participated in RCTs with galantamine. Time to […]
Autoimmune dementia: clinical course and predictors of immunotherapy response
Flanagan, Eoin P.,
McKeon, Andrew,
Lennon, Vanda A.,
Boeve, Bradley F.,
Trenerry, Max R.,
Tan, K. Meng,
Drubach, Daniel A.,
Josephs, Keith A.,
Britton, Jeffrey W.,
Mandrekar, Jayawant N.,
Lowe, Val,
Parisi, Joseph E.,
Pittock, Sean J.
Objective: To define the diagnostic characteristics and predictors of treatment response in patients with suspected autoimmune dementia.; Patients and Methods: Between January 1, 2002, and January 1, 2009, 72 consecutive patients received immunotherapy for suspected autoimmune dementia. Their baseline clinical, radiologic, and serologic characteristics were reviewed and compared between patients who were responsive to immunotherapy […]
The effects of participation in leisure activities on neuropsychiatric symptoms of persons with cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study
Chiu, Y. C.,
Huang, C. Y.,
Kolanowski, A. M.,
Huang, H. L.,
Shyu, Y. L.,
Lee, S. H.,
Lin, C. R.,
Hsu, W. C.
BACKGROUND: People with cognitive impairment have been shown to engage in few structured activities. During periods of unoccupied time or boredom, these patients most likely manifest neuropsychiatric symptoms. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to (1) describe the leisure-activity indicators (variety in leisure activities, appraisal of each activity’s restorative function, and leisure dysfunction, i.e. […]