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Effects of dog-assisted intervention on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

...follow up immediately after the intervention; lower scores indicate fewer symptoms. Mean and median MDDAS scores for behavioural symptoms decreased from 15.3 and 13.5 respectively at baseline to 13.1 and...

Mortality in patients with dementia treated with atypical antipsychotics (olanzapine, quetiapine and ziprasidone)

...of this study is to analyse the relationship of these treatments with mortality and other factors.; Method: Retrospective study from March 2005 to July 2007 of AA treatments requested as...

Improved Strain and Psychosocial Outcomes for Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia: Findings from Project ANSWERS

...role captivity, and higher caregiving mastery. Additionally, intervention caregivers had improved well-being as indicated by fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety.; Implications: ANSWERS was efficacious in improving key strain and...

Effects of small-scale, home-like facilities in dementia care on residents’ behavior, and use of physical restraints and psychotropic drugs: A quasi-experimental study

...using questionnaires. Psychotropic drug use was derived from residents’ medical records. Results: In total, 259 residents were included: 124 in small-scale living facilities and 135 controls. Significantly fewer physical restraints...

Effects of the Finnish Alzheimer disease exercise trial (FINALEX): a randomized controlled trial

...in the HE group, GE group, and CG, respectively. The HE and GE groups had significantly fewer falls than the CG during the follow-up year. The total costs of health...

Memantine is associated with longer survival than donepezil in a Veterans Affairs prescription database, 1997 to 2008

...Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shortens life-expectancy, but the effects of pharmacological treatments for this disorder on mortality have not been studied. We compared two commonly prescribed medications, donepezil and memantine,...

Keeping up health promotion practices in specialized day care units for people with dementia

...Background: Health promotion practices hold promises for elderly individuals’ quality of life. This article shows that such practices can be promoted in specialized day care units for individuals with...

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...

Effectiveness of a recovery-orientated psychiatric intervention package on the wellbeing of people with early dementia: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Objective: To investigate whether recovery-orientated psychiatric assessment and therapeutic intervention enhances the wellbeing of people with dementia and their family carers.; Methods: In a preliminary randomised controlled trial,...

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