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Caregiver Burden and Perceived Health Competence when Caring for Family Members Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose: To identify if there is a relationship between perceived health competence and burden of care of informal caregivers of family members with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD).
Bailes, Christine
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Delivering elder-care environments utilizing TV-channel based mechanisms [PDF]

, 2017
In this paper, we present a smart environment for elderly. What makes the development of such system challenging is that the concept of smartness for elderly brings to the extreme the idea of invisibility of the technology.
Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis, Dimitrios, Amaxilatis, Evdoxia, Vasileiou, Irene, Mavrommati, Vitaletti, Andrea   +4 more
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Fluid Biomarkers of Disease Burden and Cognitive Dysfunction in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Identifying objective biomarkers for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is crucial to improving diagnosis and establishing clinical trial and treatment endpoints. This study evaluated fluid biomarkers in PSP versus controls and their associations with regional 18F‐PI‐2620 tau‐PET, clinical, and cognitive outcomes.
Roxane Dilcher, Charles B. Malpas, Stuart J. McDonald, William T. O’Brien, Craig Despott, Kelly L. Bertram, Matthew P. Pase, Lukas Frontzkowski, Meng Law, Terence J. O’Brien, Lucy Vivash   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cost of Compassion: Caregiver Fatigue Associated with Caring for Persons with Disability in a Rural Population in India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Caregiver fatigue is common among caregivers of patients with disabilities and compromises the health of caregivers and the disabled alike. There is no community-based data from India on the burden of caregiver fatigue.
Abhijit Goyal-Honavar, Gloria Singh, Lalzikpuii Chhakchhuakk, Rakshana M Jothikumar, Apollos John Thatapudi, A Vishnupriya, Nalam Middleton, Sam Marconi, Vinod Abraham   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nursing Home Placement: The Process of Decision Making and Adaptation among Adult Children Caregivers of Demented Parents in Korea

Asian Nursing Research, 2012
Purpose: The goal of this study was to explore and describe the process of nursing home placement decision making and adaptation among adult children caregivers of demented parents in Korea and to generate a substantive theory grounded in their ...
Su-Hye Kwon, MSN, Young-Sook Tae, PhD
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TBK1‐Associated Primary Lateral Sclerosis Followed by Right Temporal Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report a 58‐year‐old woman with a novel splice‐site variant in the TANK‐binding kinase 1 (TBK1:c.993–2A>C p.Ala332TyrfsTer39) who sequentially developed primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) followed by right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD). Neuroimaging demonstrated right anterior temporal atrophy before cognitive symptoms, and
Tomoyasu Matsubara, Naoki Kihara, Satoko Miyatake, Koji Fujita, Konoka Tachibana, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Hiroki Yamazaki, Yusuke Osaki, Nazere Keyoumu, Yuki Kuwano, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Suzuran Saito, Eriko Koshimizu, Yoichi Otomi, Kenji Ishibashi, Masafumi Harada, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Morino, Yuishin Izumi   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Problem-solving training to improve caregiver burden and depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers: personal and clinical factors of responders vs. non-responders

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionMetacognitive strategy training interventions, like Problem-Solving Training/Descubriendo Soluciones Juntos (PST/DSJ), have efficacy for improving caregiver burden and depressive symptoms.
Shannon B. Juengst, Shannon B. Juengst, Matthew Lee Smith, Matthew Lee Smith, Kristin Wilmoth, Kristin Wilmoth, Brittany Wright, Gang Han, Gang Han, Charlene Supnet, Gladys Maestre   +10 more
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Structure–Function Decoupling of the Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks in Black Americans With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Marta Ponzano, Nicole Graziano, Claire Wigley, Claire Riley, Jonathan Howard, Pietro Bontempi, Sylvia Klineova, Fred Lublin, Matilde Inglese   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vestibular Patient Journey: Insights From Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) Registry

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Vestibular symptoms impose a high burden of disability. Understanding real‐world diagnostic and treatment pathways can identify care gaps and guide interventions. We aimed to characterize symptom profiles, diagnostic trends, provider involvement, and treatment patterns in vestibular disorders.
Ali Rafati, Sami I. Nassar, Shaun A. Nguyen, Patricia L. Gerend, Michael C. Schubert, Michael T. Teixido, Frederick A. Godley, Joel A. Goebel, Cynthia A. Ryan, Habib G. Rizk, Amir Kheradmand   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source