The article presents guidelines on how pharmacists can help manage care for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and their caregivers. Topics discussed include stages of AD which include mild, moderate and severe, the management of the cognitive symptoms of AD using acetylcholinesterase (AChE) ...
This study investigates whether a brief educational program, provided to spouses of patients with Alzheimer's disease, improved the caregivers' coping skills; it also questions whether the gender of the spouse had an effect on coping ability. The sample consisted of 40 spouses who were caring for...
Caregivers of people with Alzheimer disease (PwAD) report significant stress, burden and depression compared to caregivers of people with other dementias, especially when neuropsychiatric symptoms are prominent. Adequate coping strategies can modify the impact of stressful situations and increase the caregiv...
This story began with a question and grew in the answering, as did I, until it became a story more interested in the quest and the asking of the question than in the resolution or answer. That is not to say that this novel does not have ... KR Meek 被引量: 0发表: 2008年 ...
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether video-based coping skills (VCS) training with telephone coaching reduces psychosocial and biological markers of distress in primary caregivers of a relative with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD). METHODS: A controlled clinical trial was conducted with 116...
4Clinical Research, Telemedicine and Telepharmacy Centre, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy; 5Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes considerable distress in caregivers who are continuously required to deal with requests fr...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological condition that affects cognitive functions with no signs of remission. It has been documented that when family members provide care for AD patients in the home, these caregivers may sustain negative health outcomes due to the strain and burden...
By 2010, it is projected that more than 5.5 million people will be diagnosed with this disease (Alzheimer's Association, 1998). Numerous studies have found providing care to people with AD is associated with a number of negative consequences (Kramer, 1997; Schulz, O'Brien, Bookwala, & ...
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