Effects of active psychosocial stimulation on social interactions of people with dementia living in a nursing home: a comparative study.

abstract：:In this editorial, we challenge the current understanding of "Living Well with Dementia." Such discourse introduces the possibility of not living well with the condition or even of "living badly with dementia." Numerous words might be relevant here - grief, pain, anguish, depression - but in this editorial we consciou...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bartlett R,Windemuth-Wolfson L,Oliver K,Dening T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Official health organizations have established the dose of physical activity needed for preserving both physical and psychological health in old age. The objective of this study was to explore whether adherence to the recommended criterion of physical activity accounted for better psychological functioning i...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Netz Y,Dunsky A,Zach S,Goldsmith R,Shimony T,Goldbourt U,Zeev A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground and Purpose:The impact of dementia-related stressors and strains have been examined for their potential to threaten the well-being of either the person with dementia or the family care partner, but rarely have studies considered the dyadic nature of well-being in dementia. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Miller LM,Kaye JA,Lyons KS,Lee CS,Whitlatch CJ,Caserta MS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to evaluate the Cognitive Assessment Battery (CAB) in a specialist clinic setting in order to find out if it if it could be a supplement to the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and distinguish between normal aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, as well as MCI of different ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Nordlund A,Påhlsson L,Holmberg C,Lind K,Wallin A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTObjectives:Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are nearly universal in dementia, a condition occurring in more than 40 million people worldwide. BPSD present a considerable treatment challenge for prescribers and healthcare professionals. Our purpose was to prioritize existing and emerging...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Kales HC,Lyketsos CG,Miller EM,Ballard C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the evidence available from natural history studies and randomized clinical trials (RCT) concerning what is now coined as amnestic MCI and vascular MCI and will answer the question about the similarity and difference of their progression toward dementia. The issues to be resolved prior to the use ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Gauthier S,Rockwood K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are often prescribed psychotropic medications. There is little evidence that one class of medication is more effective and safer than another and so expert opinion plays an important role in shaping local practice. In an earlier U.S. survey...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Greve M,O'Connor D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventing and/or delaying cognitive impairment is a public health priority. To increase awareness of and participation in behaviors that may help maintain cognitive function or reduce risk of impairment, we need to understand public perceptions about risk and protective factors. METHODS:We conducted a scop...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Friedman DB,Becofsky K,Anderson LA,Bryant LL,Hunter RH,Ivey SL,Belza B,Logsdon RG,Brannon S,Vandenberg AE,Lin SY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unclear so far whether the role of cognitive reserve may differ between physically frail compared to less frail individuals. Therefore, the present study set out to investigate the relation of key markers of cognitive reserve to cognitive status in old age and its interplay with physical frailty i...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ihle A,Gouveia ÉR,Gouveia BR,Freitas DL,Jurema J,Odim AP,Kliegel M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge about the daily life of older adults with psychiatric disabilities is extremely limited, especially from the standpoint of the individual. The overall aim of this study was to describe and analyze the ways in which older adults with a psychiatric disability experience places, social relations and a...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Nordström M,Dunér A,Olin E,Wijk H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical presentations in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) overlap considerably with that of Alzheimer's disease (AD) despite different pathological processes. Autopsy studies have also shown that multiple brain pathology occurs frequently, even in cases with a single cli...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Piguet O,Halliday GM,Creasey H,Broe GA,Kril JJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia in the elderly is associated with a greater risk of being subjected to abuse. More than half of those in Japan who abuse elderly relatives with dementia do not realize that their behavior corresponds to abuse. OBJECTIVE:This study sought to examine the effect of the presence of dementia in the elde...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Matsuda O

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The economic cost of dementia is high and can be predicted by cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles. The differential costs of the various subtypes of dementia are unknown in Argentina, and this study therefore aimed to compare these costs. METHODS:Patients with a diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer-type (...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Rojas G,Bartoloni L,Dillon C,Serrano CM,Iturry M,Allegri RF

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A considerable number of adults with dementia live in residential aged care facilities, where loneliness and boredom are common. Computer-based and electronic technologies have advanced significantly and there is potential for such technologies to improve engagement of residents with dementia. However, the...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Neal I,du Toit SHJ,Lovarini M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic processes and the way they interact in shaping a care system for demented patients are analyzed and discussed. The development of disability/dependency, interpreted in a simulation model based on Katz's index of ADL and Berger's scale "Rating the severity of senility," gave insight into the interplay of fo...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Annerstedt L,Sanada J,Gustafson L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differentiating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), two of the commonest forms of dementia in older age, remains a diagnostic challenge. To assist with better understanding of the differences between the conditions during life, we assessed limbic and subcortical brain volumes in AD,...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Watson R,Colloby SJ,Blamire AM,O'Brien JT

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foreign home care services provided to frail older adults by individuals from the developing world are a global phenomenon. This study evaluated the challenges associated with live-in foreign home care from the perspective of older care recipients and their family members. METHODS:Qualitative interviews wer...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ayalon L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:US suicide rates among older women have substantially increased over the past decade. We examined potential differences in sociodemographic and risk/precipitating factors among older female suicide decedents who died by drug overdose versus firearms, hanging/suffocation, and other means, and postmor...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Choi NG,DiNitto DM,Sagna AO,Marti CN

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pervasive scarcity of resources relative to the demands upon them makes it necessary for decision makers to think carefully about choices. Evidence from economics can help to inform such choices, particularly as it relates to costs, outcomes, the efficiency with which resources are used, the distribution of benefi...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Knapp M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on the behavioral correlates of anxiety in older adults is sparse. The aim of this study was to explore the association of anxiety with behavioral patterns defined by health, activity, emotional and social variables. METHODS:A convenience sample of 395 older adults completed measures of health, act...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Losada A,Márquez-González M,Pachana NA,Wetherell JL,Fernández-Fernández V,Nogales-González C,Ruiz-Díaz M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide trends of increasing dementia prevalence, have put economic and workforce pressures to shifting care for persons with dementia from residential care to home care. METHODS:We reviewed the effects of the four dominant models of home care delivery on outcomes for community-dwelling persons with demen...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Low LF,Fletcher J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In dementia, cognitive and psychological disorders might interfere with maintaining social interactions. We have little information about the nature of these interactions of people with dementia in nursing homes. The aim of this study is to investigate social interactions between people with dementia and to ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Mabire JB,Gay MC,Vrignaud P,Garitte C,Vernooij-Dassen M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:This study investigates whether maintaining high levels of cognitive impairment and weak grip strength will predict a higher risk for mortality. METHODS:Data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) from 2006 to 2014 was assessed using longitudinal data analysis and included 5,812 resear...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Kim JH,Kim JM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the magnitude of dementia, little research on survival duration and prognosis of dementia has been reported in developing countries. This study was conducted to investigate survival times, identify related prognostic factors and construct a prognostic index (PI) for community-based dementia patients ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Wang Y,Huang Y,Liu Z,Zhuo C,Li S,Prince M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whereas the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) is probably the most widely used self-reported measure of anxiety, the lack of current norms among elderly people appears to be problematic in both a clinical and research context. The objective of the present study was to provide normative data for the STAI...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bergua V,Meillon C,Potvin O,Bouisson J,Le Goff M,Rouaud O,Ritchie K,Dartigues JF,Amieva H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer´s disease (AD) is a severe neurodegenerative brain disorder characterized by beta-amyloid plaques, Tau pathology, inflammation, neurodegeneration, and cerebrovascular dysfunction. Besides that, alterations in monocytes and platelets have been reported in the blood of Alzheimer patients. In the present study,...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Defrancesco M,Marksteiner J,Humpel C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children of patients with young onset dementia (YOD) who are confronted with a parent who has a progressive disease, often assist in caregiving tasks, which may have a great impact on their lives. The objective of the present study is to explore the experiences of children living with a young parent with dem...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Millenaar JK,van Vliet D,Bakker C,Vernooij-Dassen MJ,Koopmans RT,Verhey FR,de Vugt ME

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family involvement in long-term care (LTC) is important but it can prove challenging and result in conflict with staff if families do not feel connected to the LTC facility or if they believe that their contributions are undervalued. According to McMillan & Chavis (1986), sense of community (SOC) refers to a...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Petrovic-Poljak A,Konnert C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of vascular substrates of cognitive decline in the elderly is evolving to include a major emphasis on the impact of small vessel disease (SVD). While existing concepts of multi-infarct dementia and strategic infarct dementia remain valid, they present difficulty in generalizing clinicopathological correl...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ince PG,Fernando MS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes how demented immigrants' communicative performance together with caregivers who speak/do not speak these people's native language relates to the demented persons' cognitive, linguistic, and neuropsychological abilities. The study was carried out among demented persons who were born in Finland and ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ekman SL,Wahlin TB,Viitanen M,Norberg A,Winblad B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00