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Effectiveness of Individual Cognitive Stimulation on Cognition in Mild Alzheimer's Disease: A Multicenter RCT. [PDF]

Psychogeriatrics
ABSTRACT Background Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterised by impairments across several neurocognitive domains, including memory and executive function. The study explored the effectiveness of a 3‐month individual Cognitive Stimulation (iCS) program in older adults with mild AD.
Justo-Henriques SI, Lemos R, Rahmatpour P, Silva RCG, Carvalho JO, Ribeiro O.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Factors impacting survival in individuals with Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at high risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of death in this population. Survival in DS after AD diagnosis appears shorter than in sporadic AD; however, the factors influencing survival remain poorly understood.
Benejam B, McCarron M, Carmona-Iragui M, Dunne P, Maure-Blesa L, Altuna M, Arranz J, Barroeta I, Bejanin A, Soriano LDH, Fernández S, Giménez S, Lleó A, Lynch L, McCallion P, Mulryan N, Pertierra L, Rebillat AS, Rodríguez-Baz Í, Hernández AS, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Videla L, Wormald A, Fortea J, McGlinchey E.   +24 more
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Temporal dynamics of white matter hyperintensities related to Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are common in Down syndrome (DS), yet their longitudinal evolution and associations with Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain unclear. METHODS Longitudinal MRI study, including 80 DS adults and 53 euploid controls. WMH were segmented on serial FLAIR using a longitudinal pipeline.
Morcillo-Nieto AO, Rozalem-Aranha M, Maure-Blesa L, Rodríguez-Baz Í, Arriola-Infante JE, Franquesa-Mullerat M, Zsadanyi SE, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Parra JA, Zhao Z, Arranz J, Videla L, Barroeta I, Del Hoyo Soriano L, Benejam B, Fernández S, Hernandez AS, Pertierra L, Giménez S, Alcolea D, Belbin O, Lleó A, Carmona-Iragui M, Fortea J, Bejanin A.   +24 more
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Being just their hands? Personal assistance for disabled people as bodywork

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 45, Issue 6, Page 1334-1353, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Drawing on the notion of bodywork, we analyse the bodily aspects of personal assistance to expand the dialogue between medical sociology and disability studies. We aim to, firstly, overcome the lack of attention to the bodywork of personal assistant (PAs) in disability studies; secondly, explore the micropolitics of personal assistance and the
Andrea García‐Santesmases, Daniel López Gómez, Asun Pié Balaguer   +2 more
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Relatives experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study set in Spanish locked‐down nursing homes

Japan Journal of Nursing Science, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim To describe the experience of relatives of residents with dementia residing in locked‐down nursing homes during the first outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic, concerning their relationships with nurses and the nursing care applied. Methods A qualitative descriptive study was carried out and purposive sampling was applied.
María Salcedo‐Pérez‐Juana, Cristina García‐Bravo, Carmen Jimenez‐Antona, Rosa María Martinez‐Piédrola, Cesar Fernández‐De‐Las‐Peñas, Domingo Palacios‐Ceña   +5 more
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Proposals for person‐centred care in the COVID‐19 era. Delphi study

Health Expectations, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 687-699, April 2021., 2021
Abstract Background In this COVID‐19 era, we need to rethink the criteria used to measure the results of person‐centred care strategies. Objective To identify priorities, and criteria that health services can use to pursue actually the goal of achieving person‐centred care.
José J. Mira, Martín Blanco, Kamila Cheikh‐Moussa, Olga Solas, Aquilino Alonso, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Celia Gómez, Mercedes Guilabert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the Home Confinement Related to COVID‐19 on the Device‐Assessed Physical Activity and Sedentary Patterns of Spanish Older Adults

BioMed Research International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The main objective of this study was to device‐assess the levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour patterns of older adults during the situation prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic, home confinement, and phase‐0 of the deescalation. We also aimed to analyse the effectiveness of an unsupervised home‐based exercise routine to counteract the ...
Ángel I. Fernández-García, Jorge Marin-Puyalto, Alba Gómez-Cabello, Ángel Matute-Llorente, Jorge Subías-Perié, Jorge Pérez-Gómez, Gabriel Lozano-Berges, Asier Mañas, Amelia Guadalupe-Grau, Marcela González-Gross, Ignacio Ara, José A. Casajús, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Paulo Henrique Braz-Silva   +13 more
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Protocolo de intervenção individual baseado na terapia de reminiscência em idosos com perturbação neurocognitiva

Revista de Enfermagem Referência, 2020
Enquadramento: A literatura sugere que a terapia de reminiscência (TR) é uma das terapias não-farmacológicas com melhores evidências na população idosa com perturbação neurocognitiva (PNC), permitindo estimular a neuroplasticidade e a reserva cognitiva,
Susana Isabel Justo-Henriques, Enrique Pérez-Sáez, João Luís Alves Apóstolo   +2 more
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Sentence Context and Word‐Picture Cued‐Recall Paired‐Associate Learning Procedure Boosts Recall in Normal and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

Behavioural Neurology, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Introduction. The aim of this study was to employ the word‐picture paradigm to examine the effectiveness of combined pictorial illustrations and sentences as strong contextual cues. The experiment details the performance of word recall in healthy older adults (HOA) and mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Rosario Iodice, Juan José García Meilán, Juan Carro Ramos, Jeff A. Small, Raffaella Migliaccio   +4 more
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Consensus on the Definition of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: A Neurologists‐Based Delphi Study (CEPA Study)

Parkinson's Disease, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
To date, no consensus exists on the key factors for diagnosing advanced Parkinson disease (APD). To obtain consensus on the definition of APD, we performed a prospective, multicenter, Spanish nationwide, 3‐round Delphi study (CEPA study). An ad hoc questionnaire was designed with 33 questions concerning the relevance of several clinical features for ...
Maria-Rosario Luquin, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Pablo Mir, Eduardo S. Tolosa, Hélio Teive   +5 more
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