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Treatment with galantamine and time to nursing home placement in Alzheimer’s disease patients with and without cerebrovascular disease
Feldman, Howard H.,
Pirttila, Tuula,
Dartigues, Jean-François,
Everitt, Brian,
Van Baelen, Bart,
Schwalen, Susanne,
Kavanagh, Shane
Objective: This study evaluated patient and treatment (galantamine and other acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs)) factors associated with the time until nursing home placement (NHP) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with and without cerebrovascular disease (CVD).; Methods: Re-contact follow-up study conducted in 2004 of 548 patients who had previously participated in RCTs with galantamine. Time to […]
The effects of participation in leisure activities on neuropsychiatric symptoms of persons with cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study
Chiu, Y. C.,
Huang, C. Y.,
Kolanowski, A. M.,
Huang, H. L.,
Shyu, Y. L.,
Lee, S. H.,
Lin, C. R.,
Hsu, W. C.
BACKGROUND: People with cognitive impairment have been shown to engage in few structured activities. During periods of unoccupied time or boredom, these patients most likely manifest neuropsychiatric symptoms. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to (1) describe the leisure-activity indicators (variety in leisure activities, appraisal of each activity’s restorative function, and leisure dysfunction, i.e. […]
Peer support for family carers of people with dementia, alone or in combination with group reminiscence in a factorial design: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Charlesworth, Georgina,
Burnell, Karen,
Beecham, Jennifer,
Hoare, Zoe,
Hoe, Juanita,
Wenborn, Jennifer,
Knapp, Martin,
Russell, Ian,
Woods, Bob,
Orrell, Martin
Background: Peer support interventions can improve carer wellbeing and interventions that engage both the carer and person with dementia can have significant mutual benefits. Existing research has been criticised for inadequate rigour of design or reporting. This paper describes the protocol for a complex trial that evaluates one-to-one peer support and a group reminiscence programme, […]
Implementatie, effecten en kosten van casemanagement voor mensen met dementie en hun mantelzorgers: Beschrijving van de COMPAS studie. = Comparing case management care models for people with dementia and their caregivers: The design of the COMPAS study
van Hout, H. P. J.,
Macneil Vroomen, J. L.,
Van Mierlo, L. D.,
Meiland, F. J. M.,
Moll van Charante, E. P.,
Joling, K. J.,
van den Dungen, P.,
Dröes, R. M.,
van der Horst, H. E.,
de Rooij, S. E. J. A.
Background: Dementia care in The Netherlands is shifting from fragmented, ad hoc care to more coordinated and personalized care. Case management contributes to this shift. The linkage model and a combination of intensive case management and joint agency care models were selected based on their emerging prominence in The Netherlands. It is unclear if these […]
Comparing Dutch case management care models for people with dementia and their caregivers: The design of the COMPAS study.
MacNeil Vroomen, Janet,
Van Mierlo, Lisa D.,
van de Ven, Peter M.,
Bosmans, Judith E,
van den Dungen, Pim,
Meiland, Franka J. M.,
Dröes, Rose-Marie,
Moll van Charante, Eric P.,
van der Horst, Henriëtte E,
de Rooij, Sophia E.,
van Hout, Hein P.J.
Background: Dementia care in the Netherlands is shifting from fragmented, ad hoc care to more coordinated and personalised care. Case management contributes to this shift. The linkage model and a combination of intensive case management and joint agency care models were selected based on their emerging prominence in the Netherlands. It is unclear if these […]
Systematic care for caregivers of people with dementia in the ambulatory mental health service: designing a multicentre, cluster, randomized, controlled trial
Spijker, Anouk,
Verhey, Frans,
Graff, Maud,
Grol, Richard,
Adang, Eddy,
Wollersheim, Hub,
Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra
Background: Care for people with dementia and their informal caregivers is a challenging aim in healthcare. There is an urgent need for cost-effective support programs that prevent informal caregivers of people with dementia from becoming overburdened, which might result in a delay or decrease of patient institutionalization. For this reason, we have developed the Systematic […]
WHEDA study: effectiveness of occupational therapy at home for older people with dementia and their caregivers–the design of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial evaluating a Dutch programme in seven German centres
Voigt-Radloff, Sebastian,
Graff, Maud,
Leonhart, Rainer,
Schornstein, Katrin,
Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra,
Olde Rikkert, Marcel,
Huell, Michael
Background: A recent Dutch mono-centre randomised controlled trial has shown that occupational therapy improves daily functioning in dementia. The aim of this present study is to compare the effects of the Dutch community occupational therapy programme with a community occupational therapy consultation on daily functioning in older people with mild or moderate dementia and their […]
Improvement in memory with plasticity-based adaptive cognitive training: results of the 3-month follow-up
Zelinski, Elizabeth M.,
Spina, Laila M.,
Yaffe, Kristine,
Ruff, Ronald,
Kennison, Robert F.,
Mahncke, Henry W.,
Smith, Glenn E.
Objectives: To investigate maintenance of training effects of a novel brain plasticity-based computerized cognitive training program in older adults after a 3-month no-contact period.; Design: Multisite, randomized, controlled, double-blind trial with two treatment groups.; Setting: Communities in northern and southern California and Minnesota.; Participants: Four hundred eighty-seven community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older without diagnosis […]