Investigating the effects of home-based rehabilitation after intensive inpatient rehabilitation on motor function, activities of daily living, and caregiver burden.

Background: Home-based rehabilitation involves professional rehabilitation care and guidance offered by physical, occupational, and speech therapists to patients in their homes to help them recuperate in a familiar living environment. The effects on the patient's motor function and activities of daily living (ADLs), and caregiver burden for community-dwelling patients are well-documented; however, little is known about the immediate benefits in patients discharged from the hospital. Therefore, we examined the effects of continuous home-based rehabilitation immediately after discharge to patients who received intensive rehabilitation during hospitalization.

Activity level by clinical severity and sex differences in patients with Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment.

Background: To determine how to maintain activity in persons with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, we examined the daily activity level by different degrees of clinical severity and sex differences in patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

Methods: This study included 92 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 33 patients with mild cognitive impairment who visited our rehabilitation department. The Frenchay Activities Index was used to assess the level of activity.