Meeuwsen, Els J., Melis, René J. F., Van Der Aa, Geert C. H. M., Golüke-Willemse, Gertie A. M., De Leest, Benoit J. M., Van Raak, Frank H. J. M., Schölzel-Dorenbos, Carla J M, Verheijen, Desiree C. M., Verhey, Frans R.J., Visser, Marieke C., Wolfs, Claire A., Adang, Eddy M. M., Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared with general practitioners.; Design: Multicentre randomised controlled trial.; Setting: Nine memory clinics and 159 general practitioners in the Netherlands.; Participants: 175 patients with a new diagnosis of mild to moderate dementia living in the community and their informal […]

Chen, Hao, Wang, Pin, Yang, Jun, Liu, Gang

Objective: To observe the effects of moxibustion therapy on the improvements of clinical symptom scale score and neuropeptide substance in vascular dementia (VD) and investigate a part of mechanism of moxibustion on Vd.; Methods: Eighty-seven cases of VD were divided randomly into a moxibustion group (43 cases) and a western medicine group (44 cases). In […]

Meeuwsen, E. J., German, P., Melis, R. J. F., Adang, E. M., Golüke-Willemse, G. A., Krabbe, P. F., de Leest, B. J., van Raak, F. H. J. M., Schölzel-Dorenbos, C. J. M., Visser, M. C., Wolfs, C. A., Vliek, S., Rikkert, M. G. M. Olde

Background: With the rising number of dementia patients with associated costs and the recognition that there is room for improvement in the provision of dementia care, the question arises on how to efficiently provide high quality dementia care.; Objective: To describe the design of a study to determine multidisciplinary memory clinics’ (MMC) effectiveness and cost-effectiveness […]

Logsdon, Rebecca G., Pike, Kenneth C., McCurry, Susan M., Hunter, Patricia, Maher, Joanne, Snyder, Lisa, Teri, Linda

Objectives: This article describes results of a randomized controlled trial comparing a time-limited early-stage memory loss (ESML) support group program conducted by a local Alzheimer’s Association chapter to a wait-list (WL) control condition.; Methods: One hundred and forty-two dyads were randomized in blocks to ESML (n = 96) or WL (n = 46). Mean age […]

Wolfs, Claire A.G., Dirksen, Carmen D., Kessels, Alfons, Severens, Johan L., Verhey, Frans R.J.

Context: Because of the increasing number of elderly people with dementia, the costs of dementia and dementia care are expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades. Cost-effectiveness results are relevant for decision making about new strategies in dementia care.; Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an integrated multidisciplinary diagnostic facility for diagnosing dementia in […]

Morgan, Debra G., Crossley, Margaret, Kirk, Andrew, D’Arcy, Carl, Stewart, Norma, Biem, Jay, Forbes, Dorothy, Harder, Sheri, Basran, Jenny, Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, McBain, Lesley

The availability, accessibility and acceptability of services are critical factors in rural health service delivery. In Canada, the aging population and the consequent increase in prevalence of dementia challenge the ability of many rural communities to provide specialized dementia care. This paper describes the development, operation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary memory clinic designed to […]

Meeuwsen, Els, Melis, René, van der Aa, Geert, Golüke-Willemse, Gertie, de Leest, Benoit, van Raak, Frank, Schölzel-Dorenbos, Carla, Verheijen, Desiree, Verhey, Frans, Visser, Marieke, Wolfs, Claire, Adang, Eddy, Olde Rikkert, Marcel

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared to general practitioners’ care.; Methods: A multicentre randomised trial with 175 community dwelling patients newly diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia, and their informal caregivers, with twelve months’ follow-up. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated from a societal point of view […]