For sufferers of dementia and their carers, there are many questions to be answered; not only about what the long term will bring, but also simply how to cope with the unfolding of everyday living. In our first article, Graham Stokes looks at some of the practicalities of coping with ...
Dementia as Chronic Illness: Maintaining Involvement in Everyday Life Since living with dementia implies increasing difficulties in taking charge of rights due to cognitive as well as communicative impairments, many people wi... Ingrid Hellstrm,AT Larsson - Living With Dementia 被引量: 0发表: 2018...
In the project we assume existing technology and examine what is needed to match these technologies to the context. Sponselee will talk about the perspectives of different stakeholders in the Netherlands on challenges during the night for people with dementia and their informal caregivers living at ...
Pain status in older adults with osteoarthritis is an independent predictor of limitations in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)6. IADL reflect the ability to perform activities, such as doing housework, shopping, taking medications, preparing a hot meal, making calls, and managing money...
To date, research in... Dr,Carole,Parsons,... - 《Drugs & Aging》 被引量: 72发表: 2012年 Inappropriate long-term use of antipsychotic drugs is common among people with dementia living in specialized care units Antipsychotic drugs are widely used for the treatment of Behavioral and ...
global public health priority. There are 90,000 people living with dementia in Scotland and the number is on the rise. We need much more research into the causes of dementia, treatments and supports that allow people to live well with dementia as well as the prevention and cure of dementia...
Dementia as a mode of being: the livingenvironment and everyday competencyDementia affects every fourth person over 65 years of age and the average duration of the illness is aroundten years. In some cases the illness can continue for twice as long. During this period around two thirds of al...
Day-to-day blood pressure variability and risk of dementia in a general Japanese elderly population: The Hisayama Study. Circulation. 2017;136:516–25. Article Google Scholar Liu Z, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Chai Q, Cui Y, Diao Y, et al. Excessive variability in systolic blood pressure that is...
Each year the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners promotes the week to focus on fostering sensitivity and respect for people diagnosed with dementia. During the week, front-line staff learns communication techniques and new approaches for helping patients with activities of daily l...
Fatigue is known as an element of frailty. Sleep problems (e.g., short sleep duration and low sleep quality) can increase fatigue, but the day-to-day relationship between sleep and fatigue has not been studied well in older adults. Using a daily diary me