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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
ivision of Cognitive Neuroscience, John's Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Background: People living with dementia (PwD) experience progressive functional decline with increasing dependence on their caregivers. Advanced care planning (ACP) has the potential to promote quality of life, reduce iatrogenic harm, and minimize overutilization of healthcare resources, yet planning ahead in the context of dementia is challenging and requires consideration of numerous factors over an extended period of time. We examined caregivers' perceptions of current and end-stage medical care preferences in PwD and the impact of ACP-related discussions between caregivers and PwD.
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December 2024
Milbotix Ltd, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Background: Currently ∼50% of people with dementia experience behavioural symptoms linked to unmanaged distress. Effective and safe management of these symptoms is critical to maintain the quality of life and overall care of people with dementia. Technological solutions have the potential to help with research into these symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dementia is a life-changing condition for patients and caregivers. Response to a diagnosis often includes grief, shock, and despair. Unfortunately, evidence demonstrates inadequate use of person-centered communication practices during diagnostic disclosure, which adds to psychological distress.
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December 2024
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Since October, 2022 the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR) (www.drivinganddementia.ca) - an online resource to support people with dementia (PWD), family/friend carers (FCs) and healthcare providers (HCPs) as they navigate the challenges of driving cessation - has been accessed by over 34,000 users.
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December 2024
WellBe Senior Medical, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Background: Patterns of human movement evolve as an individual experiences the progression from cognitively intact (CIN) to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and finally dementia and Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Quantification of movement with the goal of identifying MCI though step counts alone do not take into consideration the floor layout of a home. Cyclomatic complexity is an approach to normalizing differences in the individual's living space to better predict the transition from CIN to MCI.
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