The Psychoeducational Interventions: a valuable communication tool to support the caregiver of people with dementia.

Background: informal caregivers of people with dementia are at greater risk of developing physical and mental health problems when compared to the general population: they often experience high levels of stress which can lead to a lowered sense of well-being, feelings of being burdened, depression and compromised physical health. The significant beneficial effects of Psychoeducational Interventions on the critical outcomes of caregiver burden and strain were considered sufficient to warrant a recommendation in favour of the intervention. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the use internet-based interventions: this study describes the effectiveness of support program for informal caregivers of people with dementia internet-based and on-site conditions.

[Is it possible, or even mandatory, to confront the unspeakable?].

. Is it possible, or even mandatory, to confront the unspeakable? The scenes of ferocious destruction of the lives of the Palestinian people have been the dominant protagonists of the international scenario for more than one year without any credible sign of a concrete solution. The world has been the powerless and connivent spectator of what is widely recognised as an exemplary genocide.

Sporadic fatal insomnia.

We describe a 63-year-old man diagnosed with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), specifically sporadic fatal insomnia, confirmed through real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and polysomnography. He presented with rapid cognitive decline, behavioural changes, sleep disturbances and dysautonomic symptoms. Initial MR imaging, electroencephalogram and cerebrospinal fluid analyses were inconclusive, highlighting the difficulty in diagnosing this rare subtype of CJD.