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Pronounced impairment of activities of daily living in posterior cortical atrophy [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction : The impact of several dementia syndromes on activities of daily living (ADLs) has been well documented, but no study has yet investigated functional ability in posterior cortical atrophy (PCA).
Ahmed, Samrah, Blanco-Duque, Cristina, Butler, Christopher, Culley, Siobhan, Hodges, John R., Mioshi, Eneida   +5 more
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Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditures in Dependent Older Adults: Results From an Economic Evaluation Study in Mexico

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Dependence is a significant health-related condition for older adults (OA) and implies that self-care is transferred to other people, the community or institutions.
Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez, Betty Manrique-Espinoza, Irina Torres Mussot, Julio Cesar Montañez-Hernández   +3 more
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Cognitive Function and Basic Activity of Daily Living of Elderly Disabled Inpatients.

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 2000
To elucidate the clinical characteristics of disability due to various basic disease groups, by using Japanese Minimum Data Set (MDS), Nishimura's mental scale (NM) and activity of daily living scale (N-ADL), cognitive function and basic activity of daily living (ADL) together with the grading scale of nursing care (freedom-grade of daily living: N1 ...
Y, Minemawari, T, Kato, K, Aso
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A comparison of laboratory, clinical and self-report measures of prospective memory in healthy adults and individuals with brain injury [PDF]

, 2017
Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have demonstrated deficits in prospective memory (PM) functioning when compared to healthy adults.
Antonia Pereira, Beck A., Beck A. T., David H. K. Shum, Dobbs A. R., Ellis J., Ellis J. A., Ginger Mills, Judi Ellis, Neulinger K., Raskin S., Sarah A. Raskin, Sherer M., Wilson B. A., Woods S. P.   +14 more
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Assessment of functional capacity in patients attending geriatrics outpatient department at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2016
Aims: To access the quality of life in terms of functional capacity and to estimate the prevalence of depression among geriatric patients. Settings and Design: A hospital-based study was conducted in Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad between July and September ...
Neeta Mathur
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Neurocognitive impairment is associated with lower health literacy among persons living with HIV infection. [PDF]

, 2014
This study sought to determine the effects of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) on health literacy, which encompasses the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health-related information.
Blackstone, Kaitlin, Cattie, Jordan E, Grant, Igor, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program (HNRP) Group, Iudicello, Jennifer E, Morgan, Erin E, Woods, Steven Paul   +6 more
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The newly revised interview for deteriorations in daily living activities in dementia (R-IDDD2): distinguishing initiative from performance at assessment [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Minimal evidence exists on the detailed deficits in complex instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in mild dementia. The aim of this study was twofold, to validate a revised questionnaire focusing measuring the initiative and ...
Ballard, Clarissa M. Giebel, Daniela Montaldi, David Challis, Earnst, Elwick, Goldberg, Lawton, Liu-Seiffert, Logsdon, Peres, Verlinden   +11 more
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Which activities threaten independent living of elderly when becoming problematic : inspiration for meaningful service robot functionality [PDF]

, 2013
Purpose: In light of the increasing elderly population and the growing demand for home care, the potential of robot support is given increasing attention. In this paper, an inventory of activities was made that threaten independent living of elderly when
Black BS, Braunseis G, Cohen MA, Cohen-Mansfield J, Cohen-Mansfield J, Dag Sverre Syrdal, David Hewson, de Meijer CAM, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Gert Jan Gelderblom, Gill TM, Hagen Lehmann, Hancock R, Hays JC, Hervé Michel, Jette AM, Jylhä M, Kendig H, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Lee T, Luc de Witte, Matsumoto M, Miller EA, Newman SJ, Nygaard HA, Sandra Bedaf, Schur D, van Rensbergen G   +27 more
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Regional differences in the profile of disabled community-dwelling older adults: a European population-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2018
The main objective of this work was to estimate the prevalence of disability in European community-dwelling older adults, as well as to investigate differences in the profile of disabled older adults between European regions (Northern, Central, Eastern ...
Bagur-Calafat , Caritat, Bezerra de Souza , Dyego L., Bosque-Prous , Marina, Espelt , Albert, Gine-Garriga, Maria, Jerez-Roig , Javier, Teixidó-Compañó , Ester   +6 more
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Aphasia and Math: Deficits with Basic Number Comprehension and in Numerical Activities of Daily Living

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2021
AbstractObjective:In the present study, we explored numerical problems in individuals with aphasia. We investigate whether numerical deficits, usually accompanying aphasia, can be observed on number comprehension tasks that do not necessarily require an oral response.Method:Individuals with aphasia were classified into anterior, posterior, and global ...
Proios H., Tsakpounidou K., Karapanayiotides T., Priftis K., Semenza C.   +4 more
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