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Existing pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) have shown to provide only modest benefits to the patient. Music-based interventions have been demonstrated to improve behavior and cognition in AD.
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To examine the effects of exercise training on cognitive function in individuals at risk of or diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Design: Meta-analysis. Setting: PubMed, Scopus, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ProQuest were searched from inception until August 1, 2017.
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This study investigated whether quantity of movement, gauged with a wrist-worn accelerometer, could be a sound measure of engagement and whether apathy and depression negatively affected engagement.
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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the six-week music-with-movement (MM) intervention, as compared with music listening (ML) and social activity (SA), on the cognitive functions of people with moderate dementia over time. Methods:A multi-center randomized controlled trial was conducted on 165 nursing home residents with moderate dementia.
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This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of self and personhood in Alzheimer’s disease in an American long-term care facility.
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This systematic review found that the CWS (Carer well-being and support questionnaire ) is the most appropriate instrument to recommend for the assessment of quality of life in informal carers of people with dementia at present.
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