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What do we know about strategies to manage dementia-related wandering? A scoping review
Three of five persons with dementia will wander, raising concern as to how it can be managed effectively. Wander-management strategies comprise a range of interventions for different environments. Although technological ...
Benzodiazepines and antidepressants: Effects on cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia
(International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2021)
Objectives: We aim to study the effects of the prescription of benzodiazepines and
antidepressants on cognitive and functional decline in older adults living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD) over ...
Remotely delivered information, training and support for informal caregivers of people with dementia
Many people with dementia are cared for at home by unpaid informal caregivers, usually family members. Caregivers may experience a range of physical, emotional, financial and social harms, which are often described ...
All-cause mortality in older adults with affective disorders and dementia under treatment with antipsychotic drugs: A matched-cohort study
(Elsevier Ireland, 2018-07)
We aimed to compare the mortality risk between patients with affective disorders and dementia under treatment with antipsychotics. To do this, a matched-cohort study based on an electronic database of a tertiary teaching ...
Diabetes, hyperglycemia and the management of cerebrovascular disease
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2011)
Purpose of review Hyperglycemia is frequent in patients with cerebrovascular disease. This review article aims to summarize the recent evidence from observational studies that examined the adverse cerebrovascular effects ...
Hippocampal subfields and decline in activities of daily living in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
(Future Science Group - FSGPlace, London, N3 1QB, UK, 2020-09-24)
Background: Hippocampal atrophy is presented in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Cognition, dual-tasks, muscular function, goal-related behaviors and neuropsychiatric symptoms are linked to ...
Helping carers to care: the 10/66 dementia research group's randomized control trial of a caregiver intervention in Peru.
(Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2011)
Objective: There is a need, in the absence of formal services, to design interventions aimed at improving the lives of people with dementia and their families. This study tested the effectiveness of the 10/66 caregiver ...