Organ donation after euthanasia in a patient living with dementia: a landmark case reportdoi:10.3389/frdem.2023.1287236van Dijk, NathalieVliegen, FabinneHam, Angeliquede Jongh, WimBerkhout, Freek JanBlankevoort, JeroenHoopen, Rankie tenBollen, Jan...
This week I want to share a rather personal story to encourage those of my readers who may be living with a patient suffering from dementia or any of the many related conditions. In 2016, my wife of 45 years, Joyce, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Dementia is not a specific d...
InterventionsPatients were randomized to 1 of 3 arms: (1) a mailing of educational materials specific to the medication targeted for deprescribing to both the patient and their prescribing clinician; (2) a mailing to the prescribing clinician only; or (3) a usual care arm. ...
"Currently, we can't cure their dementia, but we know there are things that, if done systematically, can keep people with dementia at home longer," says study leader Betty S. Black, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School o...
6.3. Patient and carer outcomes People with dementia's satisfaction with care was measured in three reviews (Dixon et al., 2018; Robinson et al., 2012; Wickson-Griffiths et al., 2014). One review, in the nursing home setting, showed significant positive associations with ACP (Wickson-Griff...
Ceresti reduces hospitalizations and medical costs for people living with dementia by activating family caregivers to detect changes in the patient's condition.
At each site, there will be one focus group with caregivers of PLWD and another with HBPC clinicians and staff to help develop and refine our intervention. We will then conduct an open-pilot trial of the refined intervention at the two HBPC practices. A total of up to 25 patient/...
America's aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue—a loved one living with dementia who then develops cancer.
communication education for school curriculum to enhance student nurses' communication abilities and for junior nurses working in long-term or acute care settings to increase nurses' patient-centered communication abilities with the ultimate goal of improving quality of care for patients with dementia. ...
“I used to confidently tell my friends about how my mom was getting better. You know Dr. Prasun, I used to think medical science had failed in predicting the case of my mother. You say dementia is a gradually progressing disease [1], wherein after the diagnosis the patient becomes almos...