Visiting a loved one with dementia can feel frustrating, even hopeless, but there are ways to turn that precious time into a better experience, says a University of Alberta researcher. "One of the hardest things for family and friends to see is the person who is there physically, but who ...
Promising nonpharmacologic interventions to support dementia patients at home: How do they compare to pharmacological treatments?Background: Treatment guidelines suggest that disease management of dementia should have as its goal to maintain quality of life, reduce behavioral symptomatology, create safe ...
Unfortunately, the lack of support for those with dementia has been commonplace for varying reasons. In the fight to provide better dementia care, care providers need to focus on reducing the three plagues of care; loneliness, boredom and helplessness. Unfortunately, the stringent, yet ...
Undoubtedly, it is important to focus on both the DASC-21 and caregiver burden among caregivers of persons with dementia. Yoshino et al. provide useful data on the same. We believe that focusing on the DASC-21 may support caregiver burden among inhome caregivers in the future. 展开 关键词:...
About 10 % of Parkinsonian patients develop dementia, being important to find treatments compatible for both diseases. In Parkinson's disease a dopamine deficiency and an acetylcholine and glutamate surplus occurs in the extrapyramidal system. In the nucleus caudatus, dopaminergic neurons transmit a weak...
Dementia is one of the greatest medical challenges of the 21st century and reflexology is a complementary therapy that should be considered, alongside other modalities, in offering valuable support to this group of clients or patients and those who care for them. ...
How to support brain health long term Due to the many factors at play, there’s no way to know for sure if you’ll develop dementia — and genetics aren’t everything. Some newly approved drugs for Alzheimer’s, such asLeqembi, have been shown to slow cognitive decline in somepatients...
OBJECTIVE: to assess the effects of an early discharge hospital-at-home scheme on self-reported carer strain and quality of life. DESIGN: a randomized cont... D Gunnell - 《Age & Ageing》 被引量: 108发表: 2000年 Why are family carers of people with dementia dissatisfied with general hosp...
Many countries have passed laws giving patients the right to participate in decisions about health care. People with dementia cannot be assumed to be incapable of making decisions on their diagnosis alone as they may have retained cognitive abilities. Th
As a caregiver for someone with dementia, communicate with them in a positive, patient, and respectful way, keep things organized, make sure food is within their reach at all times, and spend time talking to them, even if just for 10 minutes a day. Take