... reflecting the difference between parallel ratings made by people living with dementia (PwD) in the mild-to-moderate stages and by their informants provide a way to investigate awareness of functional ability in relation to activities of daily living (ADL). Methods: Two measures of ADL (Functional Activities...

...Samrah Ahmed; Siobhan Culley; Cristina Blanco-Duque; John R. Hodges; Christopher Butler; Eneida Mioshi Introduction: The impact of several dementia syndromes on activities of daily living (ADLs) has been well documented, but no study has yet investigated functional ability in posterior cortical...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dementia Mild cognitive impairment Cognition Activities of daily living Screening The global prevalence of dementia was estimated to be 35.6 million in 2010, and the numbers are expected to almost double every 20 years [ 1...

... cognitive, physical, mood, and behavioral decline in nursing home residents with dementia. Methods: Eighty-seven nursing home residents with dementia were randomly assigned to 3 physical activity interventions: activities of daily living (ADL) training, multicomponent exercise training, or combined...

...Hitoshi Okamura; Michiaki Otani; Naonori Shimoyama; Takayuki Fujii Background/Aims: We investigated the efficacy of a combined exercise and cognitive training system that we devised for improvement of attention and concentration, cognition, and activities of daily living in older adults...

...-CIBIC-Plus), assessed by one clinician set, and an activities of daily living inventory, assessed by a separate clinician set at baseline and at weeks 4, 12, and 28. Results: Primary outcomes showed significant benefits of the CI-PCM program at all post-baseline evaluations. Improvement on the NYU-CIBIC...

... Frontotemporal dementia Activities of daily living Functional impairment Behaviour Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) refers to three primary clinical variants: semantic (svPPA), non-fluent (nfvPPA), and logopenic variant (lvPPA). SvPPA patients maintain fluent speech but have severe impairments...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alzheimer’s disease Cognitive disorders Dementia Neurodegenerative diseases Hypertension Activities of daily living Neuropsychiatry APOE Senescence-related cognitive changes may result...

... ] have been reported. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive degenerative disorder that eventually affects all aspects of a patient's life. A gradual deterioration of memory, orientation, decision making, and communication is accompanied by impaired performance of activities of daily living (ADL...

... to the original Petersen criteria, were included. They completed the Korean basic (K-ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scales (K-IADL) and the Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA). Results: Significant differences were observed between the different cognitive status groups in three items...

...Julia J. Hsiao; Po H. Lu; Joshua D. Grill; Edmond Teng Background: Previous cross-sectional studies suggest that assessments of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) may be useful for operationalizing the differences in functional deficits seen in mild cognitive impairment (MCI...

... Activities of daily living Functional assessment Reliability Validity Dementia is a growing health concern in many aging societies as the number of people who suffer from it continues to rise. The most prevalent pathology that causes dementia is Alzheimer's disease (AD). According to Alzheimer's...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alzheimer’s disease Memantine Cognition Activities of daily living Global status Clinical worsening Disease...

...S. Laatu; M. Karrasch; K. Martikainen; R. Marttila Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms and impairment in performing activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are strong predictors of the overall caregiver burden and they increase the risk for nursing home...

..., a decline in the performance of the instrumental activities of daily living, impaired hearing and less reading ability. In participants with MMSE 27–30, cognitive decline was associated with higher comorbidity (Charlson Index) and impaired physical self-maintenance and hearing. Conclusion: A reduced...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alzheimer’s disease Apolipoprotein E genotype Rivastigmine transdermal patch Memantine Activities of daily living Original Research Article...

... functioning in society. Current functional scales for patients with cognitive impairment do not evaluate the use of technology. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a new version of the Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ) that incorporates an ICT subscale. Method: A new...

... patients were assessed with the Disability Assessment of Dementia (DAD), Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R) and the Cambridge Behavioural Inventory Revised (CBI-R). Results: No differences between groups in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs), and total ACE-R scores...

... open-label, multicentre, non-interventional studies, 4,305 patients with mild to severe Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were treated with daily doses of 20 mg memantine for 6 months. Efficacy was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scales...

... to in the content or advertisements. Quality of life Activities of daily living Depression Residential care There are approximately 28 million elderly people over the age of 65 in Japan. The number of elderly people who take part in the elderly care insurance system is approximately 3,780,000...