Everyday activities can become too difficult for older adults withAlzheimer’s diseaseordementia. But, like all of us, they still have the need to feel successful. That’s why failure-free activities for people with dementia are so important – they’ll always be successful, no matter what. ...
Biomarkers potentially have an important role in patient selection or as study outcome; however, the relevance and utility of these tests in an unselected older adult cohort is still to be described. Innovative study designs will be required to capture the complexity of dementia-related declines/bio...
However, friend support was not identified as a determinant for self-efficacy for responding to disruptive patient behaviors and self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts about caregiving. In addition, family caregivers who were employed and identified themselves as Muslim were more likely to ...
This population-based cohort study examines the association between mentally stimulating activities in late life and the risk of incident mild cognitive
Another way to start doing art therapy with an Alzheimer’s patient is by joining an art therapy program. To find out if there are programs close to you, check outAlzheimer’s Association. Whether it is a simple craft with cotton balls or a more advanced watercolor painting, doing art can...
[66]. These early frames also strongly correlate with the metabolic profiles obtained using FDG-PET [67,68,69]. Using the early frames of an amyloid PET as a functional measure, rather than a separate FDG-PET, avoids additional patient burden in terms of radiation or separate visits. ...
the pattern of relationship between the patient and caregiver, their mood state and personality characteristics [40,41]. Thus, there is an urgent need for a better definition of functional impairment and for the operationalization of this assessment. In a recent study conducted in our group, the...
Likely, the best approach for treatment will be multi-targeted and potentially individualized, patient-specific, since AD, CAA, and vascular dementia present complex and heterogeneous etiologies. Below, we focus on some approaches that could potentially restore neurovascular functions and/or protect the...
Acknowledgements We thank the study participants and their family members for their contributions to this study. We also acknowledge Dr Boon Yeow Tan, St Luke’s Hospital, for his contribution to patient recruitment. Funding This work was supported by grants from the National Medical Research Council...
Fecal impaction and enemas are discussed as two possible causes of colon perforation. The role of nurses in the prevention of such cases is also explained.CraftResidentLeahResidentPrahlowResidentJosephResidentA.ResidentEBSCO_AspAmerican Journal of Nursing...