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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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Digital Cognitive Testing in Mitochondrial Disease: Validity and Challenges for Clinical Trial Use

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Primary mitochondrial disease is a group of genetic disorders caused by pathogenic variants in nuclear or mitochondrial DNA, often resulting in progressive neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Current management is primarily supportive, though recent research offers hope for disease‐modifying treatments in the future.
Oksana Pogoryelova, Jan Smeitink, Herma Renkema, Rosabeth White, Frankie Barton, Rachel Lyon, Jane Newman, Aye Moe, Yi Shiau Ng, Grainne Siobhan Gorman   +9 more
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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
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Natural Frequencies of Levodopa‐Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Abnormal involuntary movements, known as dyskinesias, are common complications of levodopa treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease and can significantly impair quality of life. The underlying pathophysiology remains unclear, and current therapeutic options are limited.
Ioannis U. Isaias, Federica Avantaggiato, Gianni Pezzoli, Andrea Canessa   +3 more
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Toolkit: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance & Safety [PDF]

, 2021
NIȽ TU,O Child and Family Services, in partnership with the Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), is excited to launch a new toolkit on Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety centred on Coast Salish knowledge and law.
Paige, Leslie-Ann, Asch, Jessica, Williamson, Tara   +2 more
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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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Impact of Age on the Diagnostic Yield of Routine EEG in People With Childhood or Juvenile Absence Epilepsy: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We aimed to identify the proportion of individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) or juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) who show a negative routine EEG (rEEG), and to determine the main factors associated with this finding.
Francesco Fortunato, Alessia Giugno, Miriam Sturniolo, Enrico Fratto, Pio Zoleo, Francesca Felicia Operto, Ilaria Sammarra, Antonio Gambardella   +7 more
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Caregiver- and adolescent-reported ART access and adherence among adolescents living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic in western Kenya, with comparisons by engagement cohort at enrollment in parent study.

, 2021
Caregiver- and adolescent-reported ART access and adherence among adolescents living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic in western Kenya, with comparisons by engagement cohort at enrollment in parent study.
Michael Scanlon (791403), Josephine Aluoch (11056425), Rami Kantor (7863), Suzanne Goodrich (7456445), Ashley Chory (11056419), Leslie A. Enane (5076689), Jayne Lewis Kulzer (11419020), Rachel C. Vreeman (8081882), Giorgos Bakoyannis (791550), Adrian Gardner (2741962), Batya Elul (164684), Zachary Kwena (266589), Edith Apondi (8081873), Kara Wools-Kaloustian (375804)   +13 more
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Neurological, Neurodevelopmental and Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to characterize intellectual and motor function, neurological features including epilepsy, treatment response, and adaptive behavior in patients with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency (PDCD) in Sweden.
Antri Savvidou, Colin Reilly, Kalliopi Sofou, Sofia Ygberg, Erik A. Eklund, Karin Naess, Niklas Darin   +6 more
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The Use of Behavior and Mood Medications by Care-recipients in Dementia and Caregiver Depression and Perceived Overall Health [PDF]

The mental and physical health of dementia caregivers has been shown to be worse than that of non-caregivers. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether the caregivers of persons who take medications for behavior and mood problems in ...
Hossein Yazdi, Parminder Raina, Mark Oremus   +2 more
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