Month: January 2018

Candy eating behaviour to improve swallowing function in dementia subjects. (Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2018, Vol. 75, p. 181-184)

Participants were trained in lollipop sucking once a day, 3 times a week for 6 months, to clarify its effectiveness for improving oral function. The new rehabilitation method was well accepted by older adults with dementia, and there was an improvement in oral function as a result of the rehabilitation, which had some good influence on weight gain.

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“I just don’t focus on my needs.” The unmet health needs of partner and offspring caregivers of people with dementia: A qualitative study. (International journal of nursing studies, 2018, Vol 77, p. 8-14)

Family caregivers of people with dementia have significant unmet health needs. There is a lack of research that differentiates between the needs that are specifically relevant to partner and offspring caregivers, including the barriers they experience in meeting their needs.

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Availability of information on young onset dementia for patients and carers in six European countries. (Patient education and counselling, 2018, 101(1) p. 159-165)

This article aimed to identify information available in six European countries (England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden) that addresses the specific needs of people with young onset dementia (YOD) and their carers, and identify gaps. Information is an important means of supporting carers; their needs change as the condition progresses.

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Helping Dementia Caregivers Manage Medical Problems: Benefits of an Educational Resource. ( American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias, 2018, Jan. Epub)

Family caregivers of people with dementia must attend to medical care needs of their relative, yet few available resources address comorbidities in dementia. Consequently, caregivers feel ill-equipped when medical concerns arise. In response, an educational resource-Alzheimer’s Medical Advisor ( AlzMed)-was developed in 2 forms (website and book) and evaluated.

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The bereavement experience of spousal caregivers to persons with dementia: Reclaiming self. ( Dementia, 2018, 17(1) p. 78-95)

Spouses of persons living with dementia both anticipate future loss and grieve for multiple losses occurring with caregiving and this ultimately influences their bereavement experience.
The unique contribution of this study to the dementia literature is the finding that the overall process of reclaiming self is significant to the bereavement journey.

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Who Is Caring for the Caregiver? The Role of Cybercoping for Dementia Caregivers. (Health Communication, 2018, 33 (1), p. 5-13)

This article reports on a study which investigates the relationship between dementia caregivers’ communication behaviors (information seeking and forwarding) and their outcomes (coping outcomes: e.g., dealing better with negative feelings or improved medical outcomes).

The results show that communication behaviors in cyberspace are crucial for caregivers to cope with dementia, both affectively (improvement of caregivers’ emotional control) and physically (health improvement of patients). The implications for the improvement of public health through online health communication behaviors are discussed.

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Report by the Spanish Foundation of the Brain on the social impact of Alzheimer disease and other types of dementia (Neurologia, 2017, Dec, Epub)

The economic impact of dementia is huge and difficult to evaluate due to the combination of direct and indirect costs. Around 80% of all patients with dementia are cared for by their families, which cover a mean of 87% of the total economic cost, resulting in considerable economic and health burden on caregivers and loss of quality of life.

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Initiating activities of daily living contributes to well-being in people with dementia and their carers (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018, 33(1) p. e94-e102)

Problems with everyday functioning are linked to reduced well-being in people with dementia (PwD) and their carers. However, previous research has almost solely investigated the performance of everyday activities, and global functioning without analysing individual activities.

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Music Intervention With Reminiscence Therapy and Reality Orientation for Elderly People With Alzheimer Disease Living in a Nursing Home: A Pilot Study. (Holistic Nursing Practice, 2018, 32(1) p. 43-50)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an 8-week nursing intervention consisting of 2 weekly sessions of music and reminiscence therapy together with the application of reality orientation techniques.

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Physical exercise improves strength, balance, mobility, and endurance in people with cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review. (Journal of Physiotherapy, 2018, 64(1) p. 4-15)

Does physical exercise training improve physical function and quality of life in people with cognitive impairment and dementia? Which training protocols improve physical function and quality of life? How do cognitive impairment and other patient characteristics influence the outcomes of exercise training?

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