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“Easing the way” for spouse caregivers of individuals with dementia: a pilot feasibility study of a grief intervention

...A multicomponent intervention targeting grief symptoms in spouse caregivers of individuals with dementia was pilot tested in this feasibility study. Twenty spouse caregivers completed the study within the 5-month...

Prevalence of anosognosia in Alzheimer’s disease

...the evolutionary stage with the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS). Tests used were Mini-Mental State Examination, Disability Assessment for Dementia and Neuropsychiatric Inventory to assess cognition, functional status and neuropsychiatric symptoms,...

Comparison of parameters of (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy for differential diagnosis in patients with parkinsonism: correlation with clinical features

...(delayed) after the tracer injection, and clinical features such as Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) classification or symptoms specific to parkinsonism were also investigated. The heart to mediastinum ratio (H/M) and...

Effects of dementia-care mapping on residents and staff of care homes: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial

...DCM-intervention twice during the study. The primary outcome was agitation, measured with the Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory (CMAI). The secondary outcomes included residents’ neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) and quality of life, and...

The economics of dementia-care mapping in nursing homes: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

...Background: Dementia-care mapping (DCM) is a cyclic intervention aiming at reducing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia in nursing homes. Alongside an 18-month cluster-randomized controlled trial in which we...

Efficacy of an occupational group therapy in degenerative dementias: a controlled study in the nursing home setting

...Conclusions: An occupational therapy program directed particularly to everyday-practical activities cannot slow the progression of all dementia-related symptoms, but has a main target effect on everyday-practical capabilities.; © Georg Thieme...

A direct comparison of errorless and errorful therapy for object name relearning in Alzheimer’s disease

...(AD). In AD, problems with episodic memory and word-finding greatly affect everyday life and, as such, these symptoms provide a clear clinical target for therapeutic interventions. Errorless learning (EL) has...

Video game play (Dance Dance Revolution) as a potential exercise therapy in Huntington’s disease: a controlled clinical trial

...support percentage (adjusted mean difference (95% confidence intervals): -2.54% (-4.75, -0.34) for forward walking and -4.18 (-6.89, -0.48) for backward walking) and those with less severe motor symptoms had reductions...

Reducing verbal agitation in people with dementia: evaluation of an intervention based on the satisfaction of basic needs

...Half of the participants (54%) demonstrated considerable behavioural improvement during the intervention (50% reduction of symptoms) and those whose functioning is best preserved showed the best response to the intervention.;...

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