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“Dementia-friendly hospitals: care not crisis”: an educational program designed to improve the care of the hospitalized patient with dementia
Galvin, James E.,
Kuntemeier, Barbara,
Al-Hammadi, Noor,
Germino, Jessica,
Murphy-White, Maggie,
McGillick, Janis
Background: Approximately 3.2 million hospital stays annually involve a person with dementia, leading to higher costs, longer lengths of stay, and poorer outcomes. Older adults with dementia are...
Retrospective study on the benefits of combined Memantine and cholinEsterase inhibitor treatMent in AGEd Patients affected with Alzheimer’s Disease: the MEMAGE study
Gareri, Pietro,
Putignano, Daria,
Castagna, Alberto,
Cotroneo, Antonino Maria,
De Palo, Grazia,
Fabbo, Andrea,
Forgione, Luigi,
Giacummo, Attilio,
Lacava, Roberto,
Marino, Saverio,
Simone, Maurizio,
Zurlo, Amedeo,
Putignano, Salvatore
...conducted in seven Italian Ambulatory Centers for Dementia assessed the efficacy and safety of memantine 20 mg/day administered for 6 months in addition to an AChEI in AD patients with...
Electronic organiser and Alzheimer’s disease: fact or fiction?
Imbeault, Hélène,
Bier, Nathalie,
Pigot, Hélène,
Gagnon, Lise,
Marcotte, Nicolas,
Fulop, Tamas,
Giroux, Sylvain
...use AP@LZ in their daily lives by following a structured learning method. After the learning phase, the participants were able to use AP@LZ efficiently and facilitate their day-to-day activities for...
Doxycycline in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Haïk, Stéphane,
Marcon, Gabriella,
Mallet, Alain,
Tettamanti, Mauro,
Welaratne, Arlette,
Giaccone, Giorgio,
Azimi, Shohreh,
Pietrini, Vladimiro,
Fabreguettes, Jean-Roch,
Imperiale, Daniele,
Cesaro, Pierre,
Buffa, Carlo,
Aucan, Christophe,
Lucca, Ugo,
Peckeu, Laurène,
Suardi, Silvia,
Tranchant, Christine,
Zerr, Inga,
Houillier, Caroline,
Redaelli, Veronica,
Vespignani, Hervé,
Campanella, Angela,
Sellal, François,
Krasnianski, Anna,
Seilhean, Danielle,
Heinemann, Uta,
Sedel, Frédéric,
Canovi, Mara,
Gobbi, Marco,
Di Fede, Giuseppe,
Laplanche, Jean-Louis,
Pocchiari, Maurizio,
Salmona, Mario,
Forloni, Gianluigi,
Brandel, Jean-Philippe,
Tagliavini, Fabrizio
...system. Patients were randomly assigned (ratio 1:1) to receive oral doxycycline (100 mg daily) or placebo under double-blind conditions from the day of randomisation to death. Centralised randomisation was done...
Memantine effects measured with the Relevant Outcome Scale for Alzheimer’s disease in an open-label, single-arm, multicenter clinical study
Holthoff, Vjera,
Ferris, Steven,
Gauthier, Serge,
Ihl, Ralf,
Robert, Philippe,
Winblad, Bengt,
Sternberg, Kati,
Tennigkeit, Frank
...were treated with memantine (initiated at 5 mg/day and up-titrated with 5 mg weekly to a final dose of 20 mg/day) for 12 weeks. The study endpoints comprised changes from...
Technology-based orientation programs to support indoor travel by persons with moderate Alzheimer’s disease: impact assessment and social validation
Lancioni, Giulio E.,
Perilli, Viviana,
O’Reilly, Mark F.,
Singh, Nirbhay N.,
Sigafoos, Jeff,
Bosco, Andrea,
Caffò, Alessandro O.,
Picucci, Luciana,
Cassano, Germana,
Groeneweg, Jop
The present study (a) extended the assessment of an orientation program involving auditory cues (i.e., verbal messages automatically presented from the destinations) with five patients with Alzheimer’s disease,...