Publications by authors named "M C Kleid"
Background: People living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias confront numerous decisions that affect their wellbeing, as well as that of their family members. Research demonstrates the importance of family involvement in such decision making, yet there is a lack of knowledge about how patients and families work together to make decisions and how families can best provide decisional support.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted separately with 15 patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia, identified through a National Institute on Aging-funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and 14 care partners.
Background: Best practice recommendations suggest a person close to a patient with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia be involved in their care. This person is often referred to as a "caregiver," though the term "care partner" has increasingly been used in research and care instead of "caregiver." Unlike "caregiver," "care partner" suggests a collaborative relationship between the patient and their support person, in which the patient actively participates rather than passively receives help.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Women are underrepresented in medicine and academic anesthesiology, and especially in leadership positions. We sought to characterize career achievement milestones of female versus male academic anesthesiology chairs to understand possible gender-related differences in pathways to leadership.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational cross-sectional analysis.
Background: The efficiencies of plasma Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers could facilitate early AD diagnosis. Unfortunately, limited knowledge exists about whether and how they would be used by clinicians.
Objective: To identify and compare determinants of plasma AD biomarker use reported by primary care providers and dementia specialists.
Background And Objectives: Paradoxical lucidity is defined as an instance of unexpected lucid behavior in a person who is assumed to be noncommunicative due to a progressive and pathophysiologic dementing process. To inform studies of the prevalence, characteristics, and impact of these behaviors, this interview study examined caregivers' experiences of witnessing paradoxical lucidity.
Research Design And Methods: Participants were family caregivers of persons living with advanced dementia caused by a neurodegenerative disease producing significant impairments in communication.