To support you on your journey, our carers for dementia can also help to produce a support plan and provide information on the care home options in your area. Then you will be able to visit the facilities to assess the environment, culture, and quality of care. When you or your loved ...
This is why support groups were invented. Support groups are groups of people who have lived through the same set of difficult experiences and want to help themselves and others by sharing coping strategies. Mental health professionals strongly recommend that family caregivers take part in support gr...
This is a brain and nervous system condition that damages cells in the back of yourbrain. This is the area that helps with spatial reasoning (figuring out concepts like size and shape) and helps you understand what you see. PCA is often due to Alzheimer's disease, but other types of de...
In subject area:Neuroscience Dementia is an umbrella term that refers to a group of physiological conditions that cause a decline in normal brain functions. It is characterized by cognitive impairment, memory loss, communication difficulties, and changes in thinking abilities. It is not a single dis...
Studies were mostly conducted in Europe and in older groups in Asia, North America, and Oceania. Age-standardized prevalence estimates increased from 1.1 per 100 000 population in the group aged 30 to 34 years to 77.4 per 100 000 population in the group aged 60 to 64 years. This ...
There are no published longitudinal studies from Africa of people with dementia seen in memory clinics. The aim of this study was to determine the proportions of the different dementia subtypes, rates of cognitive decline, and predictors of survival in p
Funding for dependent older people and family carers competes with other budgets in this area. Families often pay an out-of-pocket contribution for specific publicly provided services such as long or short break respite care provision or day-care. Carers support groups are largely provided by ...
[69,70,71]. By comparing the intervals between depression and dementia onset, we see that there are potentially two groups of patients that both display elevated risks of dementias, but one group’s risk may be due to long-term depression etiologies impacting brain health while the other may...
, Head of National Support Services at Alzheimer Scotland, put a spotlight on the experience of dementia from an LGBT perspective. This prompted learnerLorraine Murtaghto reflect on the importance of inclusivity in dementia care and consider the promising future direction of developments in this area...
The intervention, the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DHCP) provided: clinical/ non-clinical hospital staff CI awareness support and education; CI screening for older patients and a bedside alert—the Cognitive Impairment Identifier (CII). The primary outcome was change in the rate of the ...