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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"cognitively impaired"”.
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The cognitively-impaired institutionalized elderly: spousal perceptions and expectations of nursing care
… expectations of nursing care delivered to their cognitively-impaired institutionalized elderly mate. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire, based on the concept of caring, designed to elicit spouses' perceptions and expectations of certain identified nursing care …
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HD-tDCS over Frontal Cortex and Neuropsychological Functioning in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
Alzheimer's Clinical Syndrome (ACS) is projected to triple in incidence over the next 30 years and is characterized by a gradual loss of cognitive and functional abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an earlier stage of cognitive impairment that often represents a prodromal stage of ACS. …
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Examination of the implementation of a job-related social skills program in high school classes for students categorized as cognitively impaired: a case study approach
A job-related social skills program for high school students with mild cognitive impairments, using a range of media materials has been implemented in several school districts in Virginia. The program, developed under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs, will be examined …
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The Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS), Pain, and Agitation
… and severity of respiratory distress in the cognitively impaired adult patient on mechanical ventilation, b) examine the relationships between respiratory distress, pain, and agitation in that same population and, c) compare the differences in RDOS scoring results at a 1 minute versus 3 …
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Visuomotor adaptation in older adults with and without cognitive impairment
… of error feedback in elderly controls and cognitively impaired individuals. A center-out visuomotor adaptation task assessed motor learning in two experimental conditions: normal and enlarged error feedback. It was hypothesized that the cognitively impaired would benefit from the enlarged …
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Neuropsychological functions and association with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in Greek multiple sclerosis patients : efficacy of a computerized cognitive rehabilitation intervention
… training and use of external aids may be used in cognitively impaired MS patients with extensive brain atrophy, when neural plasticity mechanisms might be hampered and cortical reorganization of the brain is limited, restorative or functional cognitive training interventions utilizing either …
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Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis in Non-Demented Humans with Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology
… hallmarks of the full disease but are cognitively normal. To investigate the microRNAs of interest in the correct context, as microRNA expression can vary significantly by region, the granular cell layer and the subgranular zone were microdissected from the same subjects investigated …
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Eye tracking for cognition
… reduction. Existing research has studied how cognitively impaired subjects solve tests such as the clock-drawing test and the Digital Symbol-Digit Test differently compared to healthy subjects. While subjects in previous work used a digitized pen in solving the Digital Symbol-Digit test, our …
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Effect of individualized social activities on quality of life among older adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment in a geriatric psychiatry facility
… social activities are a promising treatment for cognitively impaired geriatric inpatients.
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Predicting the level of cognitive function from standing balance and salivary biomarkers
… of participants were categorised by the MoCA as cognitively impaired, and 22% of participants (with 11.6% being cognitively impaired) perceived the MoCA as ‘very stressful’ or ‘stressful’. In eyes open and closed conditions and all foot positions, good-to-excellent relative reliability (ICC = …
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COGNITIVE TRAINING AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN AN AGED MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
… the injured animals that were characterized as cognitively impaired, those that received the training demonstrated enhanced cognitive recovery on the reference memory task. Despite these behavioral differences, the groups did not differ in lesion size or on measures of blood - brain barrier …
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Pain Management in Nursing Home Residents with Cancer and Dementia with and without Hospice Services
… pain related behaviors. Among the severely cognitively impaired whose pain behaviors become blunted, scheduled pain medications may be the best way to manage their pain. Pain behavioral tools are better suited for individuals with mild and moderate cognitive impairment but become less …
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Fine Particulate Matter, Neuropathologies, & Dementia
… disease. Our analyses indicated that, among cognitively normal individuals, a 5 ug/m3 increase in 1-yr and 7-day PM2.5 exposure was associated with elevated VCAM-1 (beta (95% CI) for 1-year: 51.8 (6.5, 97.1) ng/ml; 7-day: 35.4 (9.7, 61.1) ng/ml) and that a 5 ug/m3 increase in 1-yr PM2.5 …
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Social skills training for individuals with schizophrenia: Evaluation of treatment outcome and acquisition of social and cognitive skills.
… disorder participants may be less cognitively impaired and better able to benefit from social skills training; and younger, less chronic participants with better attentional capacities may benefit most from social skills training. Findings are discussed in light of the possibility …
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Empiric risk to first-degree relatives of Alzheimer disease patients
… cases and 1873 first-degree relativesof 351 non-cognitively impaired, non-demented elderly controls. A cumulative lifetime risk of 26.73 ± 4.42% for first-degree relatives of AD cases, while significantly higher than the cumulative lifetime risk of 7.26 ± 2.74% found for first-degree relatives of …
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An examination of the relationship of six risk factors associated with dropping out of high school for students with disabilities in south central Michigan
… of disability (learning disabled/emotionally impaired or cognitively impaired/other), (e) mobility (the number of school districts or educational settings attended), and (f) the time of year that students moved (during the school year or in the summer months).</p> <p>A logistic regression and …
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ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AMONG OLDER ADULTS
… a significant association with lower CBF among cognitively impaired individuals. This relationship was not significantly different among cognitively normal individuals. Reflection magnitude was significantly associated with poorer cognitive performance on Language and Processing Speed domains …
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Cognition in Major Depressive Disorder: Perceptions of Ability, Depressive Thinking, and Performance in Daily Life
… we found that the tendency to overestimate how cognitively impaired one is mediates the relationship between objective cognitive ability and withdrawal from cognitive challenge in daily life. Chapter 3 presents longitudinal data exploring cognitive performance in the context of daily life using …
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Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Studying Binding to Opioid Receptors using Whispering Gallery Mode Microtoroid Biosensors
… of Aβ42 in cerebrospinal fluid for healthy, cognitively impaired, and AD positive groups. Our results demonstrated higher sensitivity and specificity compared to traditional enzyme linked immunosorbent assays.
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The performance and feasibility of three brief alcohol screening tools in a senior population
… geriatric mental health outreach patients, cognitively impaired, collateral informants) and how to improve screening tool usage among health care providers.
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