Dementia Care Practice.

Background: A 69-year-old retired businessman, born in 1954, with 12 years of education, had been participating in cognitive enhancement sessions for the past 5 years. His medical history included two ischemic strokes, left hemiplegia, as well as disturbances in the left visual field. This study aimed to examine the individual's cognitive performance over the course of these 5 years, including the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Dementia Care Practice.

Background A 92-year-old retired seamstress, born in 1932, with 12 years of education, had been residing in a long-term care facility since 2019, following a fall and hip fracture. Post-admission, her cognitive function gradually declined and she did not participate in residential home activities. This study explores the outcomes of an 8-month, multisensory remediation program.

Discriminative ability of instrumented cognitive-motor assessments to distinguish fallers from non-fallers.

In older populations, sensitive fall risk assessment tools are important to timely intervene and prevent falls. Instrumented assessments have shown to be superior to standardized fall risk assessments such as the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) and should capture both motor and cognitive functions. Therefore, the aim was to test novel instrumented assessments with and without a cognitive component.