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Perceptions of cause and control in people with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Authors:
- MATCHWICK Claire, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 54(2), 2014, pp.268-276.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Purpose of the Study: To explore cause and control illness representations in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Design and Methods: Six older adults living in the North West of England completed semi-structured interviews that were subject to an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: Three main themes emerged indicating that participants were trying to make sense of their AD by comparing it with their previous experience of physical health illnesses. All participants acknowledged their diagnosis of AD but engaged with it in a graded way because of a lack of tangible diagnostic evidence. Participants developed pragmatic emotional responses to their situation. Implications: One of the main implications of the results is that caution needs to be exercised within clinical practice so that the pragmatic responses of individuals with AD are not pathologised. (Edited publisher abstract)
Ambulatory actigraphy correlates with apathy in mild Alzheimer’s disease
- Authors:
- DAVID Renaud, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 9(4), November 2010, pp.509-516.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Research has revealed apathy as one of the most common behavioural symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study examined the relationship between apathy and locomotor activity in mild AD. Thirty AD subjects and fifteen healthy controls were recruited from the Nice Memory Center, France. Apathy was assessed with the Apathy Inventory (AI). Patients with a score greater than three on the AI caregiver version are considered in this report as having apathy. Locomotor activity was assessed using a wrist-worn actigraph for 75 minutes, during which a neuropsychological and behavioural examination were performed followed by 15 minutes of free activity. Findings revealed that AD patients shown lower motor activity than healthy subjects. AD patients with apathy had lower motor activity than AD patients without apathy. Apathy total score correlated negatively with mean motor activity. Most of the total score correlation was accounted for by correlations between the apathy dimensions lack of initiative and lack of interest, with mean motor activity. It is suggested that ambulatory actigraphy could be a simple technique to assess apathy objectively as part of routine assessment of Alzheimer’s disease patients.
Coping with mild Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- SORENSEN Lisbeth, WALDORFF Frans, WALDEMAR Gunhild
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 7(3), August 2008, pp.287-299.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The aim of this study was to analyse how patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) cope with the changes they face concerning everyday life and social relations. This study used a grounded theory approach in the analysis of interview data from 11 persons with mild AD, home-living with a spouse. The analysis revealed that the basic social psychological problem faced by patients with mild AD was their awareness of decline in personal dignity and value. Coping strategies used to meet these problems were adaptations to the altered situation in order to maintain a feeling of well-being. The spouse appeared to be the most important social relation. The most significant worries of the patients were about communication in relation to their spouse, and about the reaction of the spouse to the consequences of the disease.
Research and development network scoping study report for the Welsh Assembly Government: alzheimer's disease
- Author:
- WOODS Bob
- Publisher:
- University of Wales Bangor. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
The conditions dementias and neurodegenerative disorders (including Alzheimer’s)’affect at least 47,000 people in Wales, a significant number of whom are of working age. Meeting their needs effectively continues to be one of the major challenges for health and social care services. This study has indicated that there is a strong basis for research in this area to continue to develop in Wales. Currently funded projects bring in external funds of over five million pounds, and over 200 publications with input from researchers in Wales have appeared in the scientific literature over the last five years. Current research covers the whole range from basic biochemical and genetic research to research on service delivery and policy. There is a wide geographical spread of the current research.
The search for the key to Alzheimer's
- Author:
- WILLIS Jenine
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.7.97, 1997, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Alzheimer's Disease, which has no regard for intellect or social status, is still a dreadful mystery. To mark Alzheimer's Awareness Week, this article looks at recent research.
Eating disorders in dementia
- Authors:
- CULLEN P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(5), May 1997, pp.559-562.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the prevalence and associations of altered eating patterns in dementia sufferers.
Stories and metaphors: talking about the past in a psychotherapy group for people with dementia
- Author:
- CHESTON Rik
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 16(5), September 1996, pp.579-602.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Social constructionist approaches to the talk of older adults diagnosed as suffering from a dementing illness have emphasised the importance of analysing such talk in terms of its social function. Drawing on this work together with the increasing clinical impetus towards the development of psychotherapy in this area, examines two sequences of stories produced during a psychotherapy group.
The Camberwell Dementia Case Register
- Author:
- HOLMES Clive
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(4), April 1996, pp.369-375.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Looks at the Camberwell Dementia Case Register (CDCR), established by Professor R. Levy, which evolved from a background of epidemiological studies looking at the prevalence of dementia in community and longitudinal studies investigating the natural history of Alzheimer's Disease. Looks at how the register has evolved and the fields in which it is now used. The register is seen as being able to continue to provide an increasing amount of information on the rarer subtypes of dementia and also it will increase longitudinal information on the clinical course of such cases until their deaths. Concludes that, with funding, the CDCR will continue to provide increasing information on the various subtypes of dementia and remain a valuable resource for future studies.
Genetic link to Alzheimer's
- Authors:
- ISAACS Ron, ROQUES Penelope
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 26.4.95, 1995, pp.61-63.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains the degenerative changes underlying Alzheimer's Disease and what is taking place in research.
Severe family violence and Alzheimer's Disease: prevalence and risk factors
- Authors:
- PAVEZA Gregory J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 32(4), August 1992, pp.493-497.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study of violence by patients and carers in the community; the variables most associated with violence were carer depression and patients living with family but without a spouse.