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Being given a diagnosis of dementia: the experiences of people with dementia and people who care for someone with dementia
… study explores the issues raised for people with dementia and their carers when they receive a diagnosis of dementia. Previous research suggests that more people with dementia than other serious illnesses such as cancer will not be told their diagnosis. The implications of this for the way that …
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Living with early-onset dementia: thematic analysis of dementia blogging and autobiography
<b>Background </b><br/>Dementia is the biggest cause of death in the United Kingdom (Matthews, 2016). Early-onset dementia (EOD) is a subset of the dementias affecting people between the ages of forty-five to sixty-five (Mercy, 2008). People with early-onset dementia (PwEOD) can find themselves …
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Dementia friendly flying: investigating the accessibility of air travel for people living with Dementia
A diagnosis of dementia should not mean the end of a person’s ability to participate in meaningful activities. However, accessibility for people living with dementia requires improvement across a range of settings. Anecdotal evidence and critical incident reporting suggests that air travel is not …
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Fine Particulate Matter, Neuropathologies, & Dementia
… including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD), affect over 47 million people worldwide, and this number is anticipated to reach 131.5 million by 2050. Because no medication successfully reverses the course of dementia, researchers are focusing increasing efforts on prevention …
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Nonpharmacological Approaches in Dementia Care
… number of patients that are afflicted with dementia. Often times, these patients display challenging dementia-related behaviors. It is commonplace for these patients to be medicated with a psychotropic medication in order to halt the challenging behavior. The global aim of this project is to …
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Risk Factors for Vascular Dementia
Dementia is a devastating disorder that commonly affects people over the age of 65. Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are the most common forms of dementias. A number of studies have implicated cardiovascular risks as important factors in the development of dementia. These risks include …
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Driving performance in mild dementia
The automobile driving performance of 18 mildly demented subjects was compared to that of 18 normal elderly and 18 mid-age controls. Driving tasks were grouped according to a three-level hierarchical model that characterizes driving as a problem solving skill involving (a) low-level vehicle control …
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Dementia caregiving: burden and breakdown
… study was an investigation of the phenomenon of dementia caregiving burden and breakdown in community caregiving situations. 109 carer subjects participated in the study, with 91 current carers - 17 via face-to-face interview and 74 via the internet, and 18 past carers - two via face-to-face …
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Social participation dilemmas in dementia
Contains fulltext : 191609.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Morphological alterations in frontotemporal dementia:
… the neurodegenerative disorder of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). With the aim to improve the clinical diagnostics of FTD, we explored the diagnostic potential of measuring morphological alterations in the white matter by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)- MRI, compared with the more commonly used …
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Family caregiver responses to dementia
… amongst family caregivers of individuals with dementia. Previous work has been limited in its coverage of care-recipient, caregiver and systemic associates with spousal and family caregiver as well as the constructs of psychological wellbeing measured. After a systematic search of the …
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Oxidative stress biomarkers in dementia
… There is growing concern over a worldwide dementia epidemic that is predicted to develop over the coming decades. The evidence thus far suggests that increased levels of oxidative stress and vascular risk factors are two major contributors, amongst others, to AD development. The thesis …
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Spousal relationships in dementia care
… couple when one of the couple has a diagnosis of dementia. Paper two presents the construction and validation of a new measure: The Birmingham Relationship Continuity Measure (BRCM). The final paper of this volume is an executive summary of the main research findings.
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Supporting burden, Knowledge about dementia, and Social Support of major caregivers for the elderly with dementia
본 연구는 치매노인을 부양하는 주 부양자의 부양부담감과 치매지식 및 사회적 지지 간의 관계를 규명하여, 추후 치매노인 주 부양자의 부양 부담감을 효과적으로 감소시키기 위한 간호중재 방안을 모색하는데 기초 자료를 제공하기 위해 시도된 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구 대상자는 경기지역 S시 소재 C대학병원 신경과 외래를 방문하는 치매노인 주 부양자 150명을 대상으로 실시하였으며, 자료수집 기간은 2014년 6월 30일부터 8월 20일까지 총 51일 간이었다. 연구도구는 Zarit(1980)가 개발한 Burden Inventory 척도를 …
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Association between oral health and dementia
Introduction: Dementia and oral diseases are two major public health problems in the world. There has been growing interest in examining their associations for disease prevention and health care. A few studies suggested that the association could be bidirectional, but the evidence is still …
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Markers of Prognosis in Neurodegenerative Dementia
… the two most common types of neurodegenerative dementia; AD and DLB/PDD. Study populations: I. 142 patients with AD. II. 79 patients with AD and 49 patients with DLB. III. 30 patients with DLB/PDD. IV. 32 patients with DLB PDD. Results: I. Patients with very high T-tau levels performed worse on …
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Neuropathological findings and staging in dementia
Dementia is a clinical syndrome with the development of impairment in multiple cognitive functions (including memory), severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living, as the main symptom. There are a large number of disorders that can lead to dementia, and neuropathological examination …
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Blood Biomarkers of Presymptomatic Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is characterised by neuronal loss and pathological protein inclusions in the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain. The presymptomatic stage, marked by molecular changes years before symptom onset, offers a critical window for early detection, intervention, …
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