Blogging through dementia: Reworking mainstream discourse through metaphor in online early-onset dementia narratives.

Background: The depiction of dementia in public discourse tends to operate on two levels: the or the where metaphors play a decisive role in the characterization of the condition and the voice of those living with the condition is usually underrepresented.

Purpose: This article analyzes whether and how mainstream discourse on dementia is reworked in first-person accounts of the disease online and explores the attitudes and assumptions about dementia that illness blogs reflect and defy.

Study Design: Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory, the article analyzes a corpus of 10 blogs (622 posts) written by individuals living with early-onset dementia to identify the metaphors used to depict dementia, its impact on the self and its social and relational aspects.

The Role of Generativity in Later Life in the Case of Productive Activities: Does the Type of Active Aging Activity Matter?

Active aging has been associated with both personal and social benefits. However, active aging encompasses a broad range of activities, including self-oriented and community-oriented ones. The aim of this study was to explore to what extent generativity is a key factor in differentiating between both types of activity, and to contribute to the theoretical and methodological literature on generativity as a multidimensional concept relevant to later life participation in certain activities related to an active style of living.

Long-term care staff 's positive experiences of caring for people living with dementia: Narratives' content and lessons learned.

Research on caregiving for persons with dementia has mainly focused on its negative impact on caregivers. However, while some studies have found that positive aspects of care can also be found among informal caregivers, little attention has been paid to these positive aspects among staff working in long-term care facilities. The aim of this is study is to explore what kind of positive stories of caring for a person living with dementia staff working in long-term care facilities recall, and what kind of lessons they extracted from these experiences.

Polyvascular Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Correlation Between Ankle Brachial Index and Carotid Atherosclerosis in a Population-Based Sample.

We assessed the correlation between the biomarkers of lower limb atherosclerosis (eg, ankle-brachial index [ABI]) and of carotid atherosclerosis (eg, common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and presence of atherosclerotic plaque) in a population-based cohort from Girona (Northwest Spain) recruited in 2010. Ankle-brachial index and carotid ultrasound were performed in all participants. Generalized additive multivariable models were used to adjust a regression model of common carotid IMT on ABI.

Psychological consequences and daily life adjustment for victims of intimate partner violence.

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a distressing reality worldwide. Victims of IPV usually experience long-term mental health disorders and maladjustments in their daily lives.

Aims: To examine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder in female victims of IPV that participated in a public mental health care program, and to analyze the relationships between the type of IPV exposure, its psychological consequences, and daily life adjustment.

The Chemical Optimization of Cerebral Embolectomy trial: Study protocol.

Rationale: The potential value of rescue intraarterial thrombolysis in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy has not been assessed in randomized trials.

Aim: The CHemical OptImization of Cerebral Embolectomy trial aims to establish whether rescue intraarterial thrombolysis is more effective than placebo in improving suboptimal reperfusion scores in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy.

Sample Size Estimates: A sample size of 200 patients allocated 1:1 to intraarterial thrombolysis or intraarterial placebo will have >95% statistical power for achieving the primary outcome (5% in the control versus 60% in the treatment group) for a two-sided (5% alpha, and 5% lost to follow-up).