While most persons with ADRD at Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) stage 7 ADRD live in nursing homes, a majority of persons at GDS 5–6 live at home [3]. Moreover, persons with late-stage ADRD experience frequent transitions between home, long-term care facilities, and hospitals; thus, ...
You can’t let this happen, can you?” They wait for me to slowly turn my car around to take a closer look and that’s when if they had a tail it would certainly start wagging … and in the car they
You can’t let this happen, can you?” They wait for me to slowly turn my car around to take a closer look and that’s when if they had a tail it would certainly start wagging … and in the car they
Currently available therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) do not treat the underlying cause of AD. Anecdotal observations in nursing homes from multiple studies strongly suggest an inverse relationship between cancer and AD. Therefore, we reasoned that oncology drugs may be effective against AD. Met...
Mickey: With numbers like that, it’s easy to see how Alzheimer’s could be a very big stressor on the health care system from both availability and cost perspectives. Is this something which could be the proverbial straw which breaks the camel’s back? Thies: Yes. It certainly has the ...
With which she punched me in the gut: “Okay, I’ll pull myself together and come to one of your events late at night and get killed in a car accident. That will take care of my problem with you and take care of my problem at home!” ...
Using Palliative Leaders in Facilities to Transform Care for People with Alzheimer’s Disease (UPLIFT-AD): protocol of a palliative care clinical trial in nursing homes Article Open access 26 July 2023 Introduction Background and rationale {6a} Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) ...
care in everyday living. It continues to affect a large share of elderly European citizens [2], creating many unmet medical needs. Many senior and retired citizens are living alone or in nursing homes. Their need for personalised medical care is far higher compared to an ordinary senior ...