3. The end of life of patients with dementia raises a number of ethical considerations. It is really difficult to support these patients when communication is essentially nonverbal. During this delicate phase, how can health professionals assist family members, who are afraid of death, but also ...
Combining OR and IPW gave us a doubly robust estimand which required only one of the OR or IPW approaches to be correctly specified. We used the csdid community-contributed command in Stata [22]. 2.3 Assumptions We made the following assumptions: 1. Irreversibility of treatment: since the ...
Staying mentally active—doing a puzzle or reading a book, for example—has been shown to be helpful in maintaining memory and thinking skills in people with dementia. While these approaches won't cure the disease of Alzheimer's—and some may be more possible than others, depending on the ...
Given how much nearer the specter of death looms for older people, one might expect thatanxietyabout death would peak during this time of life. However, research has consistently shown that this is not the case. Deathanxiety is higher among middle-aged adultsthan it is among the elderly, an...
Thanks for checking this one out, Frank. I am familiar with Anki and recommend limiting its use to those serious about memory techniques. True, it does work for some, but we’re still awaiting a lot of research on how and why some use it correctly and others don’t. We know that wit...
Dementia is not a disease in itself but rather a collection of symptoms relating to a decline in cognition. Some disorders that have dementia as a feature are Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ...
How permanent is alcohol-related dementia? Does clonidine help alcohol withdrawal? Does alcohol withdrawal cause anger? Does alcohol withdrawal cause shaking? Does alcohol withdrawal cause hallucinations? Why is disulfiram used to treat alcoholism?
First, one can do certain things to get ready to quit. Then, there are other things to do on the day of quitting. Finally, one can do things to help oneself to remain abstinent. (This is the hardest part.) Getting ready to quit smoking ...
In Germany, it is assumed that one in three adults aged over 70 years has five moderately severe conditions and that almost one in four is in treatment for five conditions concurrently. In the German Ageing Survey 2002, 24 % of respondents aged 70+ years reported that they suffered from ...
Here’s how many people die each day on average, sorted by cause: RankCauseDaily Deaths #1Cardiovascular diseases48,742 #2Cancers26,181 #3Respiratory diseases10,724 #4Lower respiratory infections7,010 #5Dementia6,889 #6Digestive diseases6,514 ...