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Family care as collaboration: effectiveness of a multicomponent support program for elderly couples with dementia. Randomized controlled intervention study
Eloniemi-Sulkava, Ulla,
Saarenheimo, Marja,
Laakkonen, Marja-Liisa,
Pietilä, Minna,
Savikko, Niina,
Kautiainen, Hannu,
Tilvis, Reijo S.,
Pitkälä, Kaisu H.
Objectives: To determine whether community care of people with dementia can be prolonged with a 2-year multicomponent intervention program and to analyze effects of the intervention on total usage and expenses of social and healthcare services.; Design: Randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Community-dwelling couples with one spouse caring for the other spouse with dementia.; Participants: Couples […]
An exploratory cluster randomized controlled trial of group exercise on mobility and depression in care home residents
Brittle, Nicola,
Patel, Smitaa,
Wright, Christine,
Baral, Sabrina,
Versfeld, Pam,
Sackley, Catherine
Objective: To investigate the feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of group exercise for residents in care homes.; Design: Exploratory cluster randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Five randomly selected care homes in South Birmingham, UK.; Participants: Fifty-six care home residents (mean age 84.5, 71% female), 39 (70%) with cognitive impairments.; Intervention: Two homes (n = 28) were […]
Urine neural thread protein measurements in Alzheimer disease
Objectives: Neural thread protein (NTP), a membrane-associated phosphoprotein, was selectively elevated in the urine of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). To demonstrate the potential utility of urine NTP assays for the diagnosis of AD, we performed this study.; Design: A prospective blinded multicentered study.; Participants: Individuals diagnosed as having probable AD (n = 49), Parkinson’s […]
Hospice use and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
Objectives: To identify characteristics of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and their healthcare proxies (HCPs) associated with hospice referral and to examine the association between hospice use and the treatment of pain and dyspnea and unmet needs during the last 7 days of life.; Design: Prospective cohort study.; Setting: Twenty-two Boston-area NHs.; Participants: […]
Cued recall and other cognitive tasks to facilitate dementia recognition in primary care
Objectives: To compare the accuracy of commonly used tasks with that of the Visual Association Test (VAT), a conceptually different test involving cued recall of pictorial stimuli, in the recognition of dementia within primary care.; Design: A cross-sectional diagnostic study of concurrent validity.; Setting: Twenty-nine German primary care practices.; Participants: Four hundred twenty-three individuals in […]
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of latrepirdine in Huntington disease
Kieburtz, Karl,
McDermott, Michael P.,
Voss, Tiffini S.,
Corey-Bloom, Jody,
Deuel, Lisa M.,
Dorsey, E. Ray,
Factor, Stewart,
Geschwind, Michael D.,
Hodgeman, Karen,
Kayson, Elise,
Noonberg, Sarah,
Pourfar, Michael,
Rabinowitz, Karen,
Ravina, Bernard,
Sanchez-Ramos, Juan,
Seely, Lynn,
Walker, Francis,
Feigin, Andrew
Objectives: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of latrepirdine in Huntington disease (HD) and explore its effects on cognition, behavior, and motor symptoms.; Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.; Setting: Multicenter outpatient trial.; Participants: Ninety-one participants with mild to moderate HD enrolled at 17 US and UK centers from July 18, 2007, through July 16, 2008.; […]
Quality of life in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
Objectives: To examine quality of life (QOL) in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and identify correlates of QOL near the end of life.; Design: Cross-sectional data derived from NH records, interviews with residents’ surrogate decision-makers, QOL ratings by NH caregivers, and assessment of residents’ cognitive function.; Setting: Three NHs in Maryland.; Participants: A […]
Predicting road test performance in drivers with dementia
Objectives: To develop a cognitive and functional screening battery for the on-road performance of older drivers with dementia.; Design: Prospective observational study.; Setting: On-road driving evaluation clinic at an academic rehabilitation center.; Participants: Ninety-nine older people with dementia (63% male, mean age 74.2 ± 9), referred by community physicians to an occupational therapy driving clinic.; […]
Day care at green care farms: a novel way to stimulate dietary intake of community-dwelling older people with dementia?
De Bruin, S. R.,
Oosting, S. J.,
Tobi, H.,
Blauw, Y. H.,
Schols, J. M. G. A.,
De Groot, C. P. G. M.
Objective: This study aimed to compare dietary intake of older people with dementia receiving day care at regular day care facilities (RDCFs) or at so-called green care farms (GCFs).; Design and Settings: A comparative cross-sectional study was performed at 10 GCFs and 10 RDCFs in the Netherlands.; Participants: 30 subjects from GCFs and 23 subjects […]