Wimo, A., Jönsson, L., Zbrozek, A.

Objective: Informal care is a significant component of the societal resource use and costs in dementia care. Thus it is fundamental that assessments of informal care are valid. Thus the aim was to analyse the validity of time estimates with the Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD) instrument.; Design: Prospective observational study.; Setting: Community sample.; Participants: […]

Tsai, Pao-Feng, Chang, Jason Y., Beck, Cornelia, Kuo, Yong-Fang, Keefe, Francis J.

Context: Because Tai Chi (TC) is beneficial to elders without cognitive impairment (CI), it also may benefit elders with CI. But elders with CI have generally been excluded from TC studies because many measurement tools require verbal reports that some elders with CI are unable to provide.; Objectives: To test the efficacy of a TC […]

Romeo, R., Knapp, M., Hellier, J., Dewey, M., Ballard, C., Baldwin, R., Bentham, P., Burns, A., Fox, C., Holmes, C., Katona, C., Lawton, C., Lindesay, J., Livingston, G., McCrae, N., Moniz-Cook, E., Murray, J., Nurock, S., O'Brien, J., Poppe, M., Thomas, A., Walwyn, R., Wilson, K., Banerjee, S.

Background: Depression is a common and costly comorbidity in dementia. There are very few data on the cost-effectiveness of antidepressants for depression in dementia and their effects on carer outcomes.; Aims: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine compared with placebo for depression in dementia.; Method: A pragmatic, multicentre, randomised placebo-controlled trial with a […]

Fortinsky, Richard H., Kulldorff, Martin, Kleppinger, Alison, Kenyon-Pesce, Lisa

Objective: The primary objective is to report on the efficacy of an individualized dementia care consultation intervention for family caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia living in the community. The secondary objective is to present evidence on the intervention process to inform the feasibility and sustainability of the model featuring collaboration between primary care physicians […]

Érsek, K., Kovács, T., Wimo, A., Kárpati, K., Brodszky, V., Péntek, M., Jönsson, L., Gustavsson, A., McDaid, D., Kenigsberg, P. A., Valtonen, H., Gulácsi, L.

Objective: The main aim of this paper is to give an overview on the quality of life, health care utilisation and costs of dementia in Hungary.; Method: A cross-sectional non-population based study of 88 consecutive dementia patients and their caregivers was conducted in three GP practices and one outpatient setting in 2008. Resource Utilization in […]

Duru, O. Kenrik, Ettner, Susan L., Vassar, Stefanie D., Chodosh, Joshua, Vickrey, Barbara G.

Objective: To calculate intervention costs and the potential cost offset of a care management intervention that substantially improved the quality of dementia care.; Study Design: From both a payer perspective and a social planner perspective, we analyzed data from a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating this intervention versus usual care. The RCT included 408 […]

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 […]