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Psychotropic drug consumption at admission and discharge of nursing home residents

...groups of health care providers should be targeted by educational measures to improve the quality of care for NH residents.; Copyright © 2012 American Medical Directors Association, Inc. Published by...

Dementia guidelines: what should come to general practice–an interdisciplinary consensus of physicians in private practice

...Background: Guidelines of Medical Societies aim at supporting the quality of medical care in general, and particularly in private practice. Usually, physicians in private practice are not part of...

Validation of a cognitive assessment battery administered over the telephone

...working memory; global cognitive functioning; and self-reported measures of perceived memory problems, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbance, and health-related quality of life. Test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, relative bias associated with telephone...

Contribution of relaxation to a psychoeducational intervention program for family carers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Unlabelled: Family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease are at high risk of psychological and physical morbidity due to the daily caring experience.; Objectives: to evaluate the impact...

Impact of TimeSlips creative expression program on behavioral symptoms and psychotropic medication use in persons with dementia in long-term care: a cluster-randomized pilot study

...to determine whether involvement in TimeSlips reduces mood and behavioral symptoms that compromise quality of life for persons with dementia.; Copyright © 2014 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by...

Promoting health in early-stage dementia: evaluation of a 12-week course

This project tested a 12-week health promotion course for older adults with early-stage dementia. In a quasi-experimental design, participants were assigned by site to intervention group or control...

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

...resulting in a moderate effect size of -0.43 for grief to a large effect size of -2.40 for anxiety. Increases in quality of life and decreases in grief persisted at...

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

...Developing rehabilitation techniques to combat cognitive decline is a key goal of healthcare strategies aimed at promoting increased longevity and better quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease...

A complex multimodal activity intervention to reduce the risk of dementia in mild cognitive impairment–ThinkingFit: Pilot and feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial

Background: Dementia affects 35 million people worldwide and is currently incurable. Many cases may be preventable because regular participation in physical, mental and social leisure activities during middle...

Using the Montessori approach for a clientele with cognitive impairments: A quasi-experimental study design

...people with moderate to severe dementia these allow the satisfaction of their basic psychological needs, their well being, and hence, on their quality of life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015...

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