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Language-enriched exercise plus socialization for older adults with dementia: translation to rural communities
Felten, Kristen,
Duschene, Kathie,
MacFarlane, Dana,
Price, Susan,
Zimmerman, Suanne,
Hafez, Stephanie,
La Rue, Asenath
...describe a volunteer-based intervention that combines physical exercise, cognitive-linguistic stimulation, and social outings for older persons living with dementia in rural communities. One-year follow-up data, although clearly preliminary (n =...
Effect of shunt operation on idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients in reducing caregiver burden: evidence from SINPHONI
Kazui, Hiroaki,
Mori, Etsuro,
Hashimoto, Masaaki,
Ishikawa, Masatsune,
Hirono, Nobutsugu,
Takeda, Masatoshi
...were evaluated with the Zarit burden interview (ZBI) and each of the triad symptoms was evaluated with the iNPH grading scale (iNPHGS) before and 1 year after the shunt operation.;...
Semantic memory training in Alzheimer’s disease
...target categories (musical instruments and human actions), because these concepts were massively failed in previous data collected in Alzheimer’s disease. Ten patients (57-78 year old, MMSE scores from 17 to...
Antihypertensive therapy and cerebral hemodynamics in executive mild cognitive impairment: results of a pilot randomized clinical trial
Hajjar, Ihab,
Hart, Meaghan,
Chen, Yu-Ling,
Mack, Wendy,
Novak, Vera,
C. Chui, Helena,
Lipsitz, Lewis
...Fifty-three individuals aged 60 and older with hypertension and executive dysfunction.; Intervention: Lisinopril, candesartan, or hydrochlorothiazide for 1 year.; Measurements: Cerebral blood flow velocity (BFV; transcranial Doppler ultrasonography during rest,...
Chromosome 9p21 in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the UK and seven other countries: a genome-wide association study
Shatunov, Aleksey,
Mok, Kin,
Newhouse, Stephen,
Weale, Michael E,
Smith, Bradley,
Vance, Caroline,
Johnson, Lauren,
Veldink, Jan H,
van Es, Michael A,
van den Berg, Leonard H.,
Robberecht, Wim,
Van Damme, Philip,
Hardiman, Orla,
Farmer, Anne E,
Lewis, Cathryn M,
Butler, Amy W,
Abel, Olubunmi,
Andersen, Peter M,
Fogh, Isabella,
Silani, Vincenzo,
Chiò, Adriano,
Traynor, Bryan J,
Melki, Judith,
Meininger, Vincent,
Landers, John E,
McGuffin, Peter,
Glass, Jonathan D,
Pall, Hardev,
Leigh, P Nigel,
Hardy, John,
Brown, Robert H,
Powell, John F,
Orrell, Richard W,
Morrison, Karen E,
Shaw, Pamela J,
Shaw, Christopher E,
Al-Chalabi, Ammar
...Findings: After quality control, samples were available from 599 patients and 4144 control individuals in the independent set. In this analysis, two single nucleotide polymorphisms in a locus on chromosome...
Influence of adherence to a systematic care program for caregivers of dementia patients
Spijker, Anouk,
Teerenstra, Steven,
Wollersheim, Hub,
Adang, Eddy,
Verhey, Frans,
Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra
Objective: To evaluate the influence of adherence to the Systematic Care Program for Dementia (SCPD) intervention protocol on patient and caregiver outcomes.; Design: Data were drawn from the...
Psychotropic drug consumption at admission and discharge of nursing home residents
Rolland, Yves,
Andrieu, Sandrine,
Crochard, Anne,
Goni, Sylvia,
Hein, Christophe,
Vellas, Bruno
...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...
Can persons with dementia be engaged with stimuli?
...Engagement. Results: The most engaging stimuli were one-on-one socializing with a research assistant, a real baby, personalized stimuli based on the person’s self-identity, a lifelike doll, a respite video, and...