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- (Cost)-Effectiveness of Case-Management by District Nurses Among Primary Informal Caregivers of Older Adults With Dementia Symptoms and the Older Adults Who Receive Informal Care: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial [ISCRTN83135728]
- Dementia is an incurable disease with devastating consequences for both patients and their relatives. The objective of this study is to describe the study protocol of a randomized controlled trial with assignment to either usual care or case-management by district nurses, among informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms...
- White papers 2005-12-12
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- African Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: African Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01062001 New Haven, Conn. -- African-Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes and a lower prevalence...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America Partners With AGIS for New Online Resource to Help Millions of Americans Caring for Loved Ones With Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
- As the foremost online resource for family caregivers, AGIS is proud to announce their new Alzheimer's and Dementia caregivers section, created in partnership with the Alzheimer's Foundation of America AFA. AGIS' new free resource provides comprehensive online support for individuals caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. ...
- Research articles 2007-12-20
- US DEPT OF HHS: Gene that causes familial British dementia may yield clues to Alzheimer's disease.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 June 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Gene that causes familial British dementia may yield clues to Alzheimer's disease C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230699 Researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging NIA have discovered a novel gene, which when mutated...
- Research articles 1999-06-24
- Patients diagnosed with dementia survive for four years
- PARIS AFP — Individuals with dementia live on average for around four more years after they are diagnosed with the disease, according to a study published in Saturday's British Medical Journal. The paper, by University of Cambridge researchers, is based on 438 British people aged over 65 who took...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- Key vitamin deficiency linked to tripled risk of dementia: study
- PARIS AFP — Lack of folate, also called vitamin B-9, may triple the risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers in South Korea measured naturally occurring folate levels in 518 elderly persons, none of whom showed any signs of dementia, and then...
- Research articles 2008-02-05
- Dementia aid funds
- A newcastle charity providing help and support for people with dementia and their carers has received a pounds 2,300 cash boost. The Dementia Care Partnership DCP has been awarded the money through Transco's Safety Charity Challenge Scheme. The initiative was set up four years ago to encourage employees...
- Research articles 2004-08-26
- Quality Indicators for Dementia in Vulnerable Community-Dwelling and Hospitalized Elders
- This paper presents indicators to assess the quality of care for patients with dementia. Methods: The methods for developing these quality indicators, including literature review and expert panel consideration, are detailed in another paper in this issue. For dementia, the structured literature review identified 2277 titles, from which abstracts and...
- White papers 2001-10-16
- Wyeth changes label for its HRT products. (Markets: Life Sciences).(hormone replacement therapy)(scare women about dementia, maybe they will risk possibility of cancer and continue estrogens)(Brief Article)
- WYETH HAS updated the labeling for its flagship hormone replacement therapy HRT products to include an increased risk of dementia following the findings of a recent Women's Health Initiative Memory Study WHIMS. Despite the new labeling, analyst WYETH HAS updated the labeling for its...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- Meeting on Frontotemporal Dementia Offered at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- PHILADELPHIA, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will host a conference on the latest research and clinical advances on frontotemporal dementia FTD. PHILADELPHIA, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will host a conference on the latest research and...
- Research articles 2004-05-05
- Aging committee to examine crimes committed by people with dementia.(Senate Aging Committee)(Brief Article)
- On Monday, March 22, the Senate Aging Committee turns its attention to crimes committed by people who have dementia and thus may not understand their own actions. On Monday, March 22, the Senate Aging Committee turns its attention to crimes committed by people...
- Research articles 2004-03-19
- VIDEO from Medialink: FDA Approves First Drug to Help Patients with Parkinson's Disease Dementia
- According to the National Parkinson Foundation NPF, dementia is one of the complications most feared by Parkinson's disease patients and caregivers. Of the 1.5 million Americans living with the disease, an estimated 40% develop dementia.
- Research articles 2006-08-10
- Australian researchers test Chinese herbs to treat dementia
- SYDNEY AFP — Researchers at an Australian hospital have begun human trials to test whether Chinese herbs can slow the progress of dementia, the scientists said. Sydney's Bankstown Hospital, working with the University of Western Sydney, has begun recruiting 80 vascular dementia sufferers to trial the new Chinese herbal...
- Research articles 2005-03-16
- Binge drinking 'triples risk of dementia'
- HELSINKI AFP — Repeatedly drinking alcohol to the point of drunkenness triples the risk of dementia later in life, one of the authors of a Finnish study on the subject warned. "If you drink a great amount of alcohol on one occasion, at least once a month, the risk...
- Research articles 2005-11-30
- Asia-Pacific nations face dementia epidemic: experts
- SYDNEY AFP — Asia-Pacific countries are facing a dementia epidemic with the number of sufferers expected to increase fivefold to nearly 65 million within half a century, a regional report has said. The economic costs of the disease in 15 countries in the region is already estimated to be about...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- Dementia costs Britain billions per year
- LONDON AFP — Around 700,000 Britons suffer from dementia and the condition costs the nation's economy 17 billion pounds annually, the Alzheimer's Society said Tuesday. In a study on the economic and social impact of dementia, the group said that one person in 88 currently suffers from it, costing...
- Research articles 2007-02-27
- US DEPT OF HHS: NIH awards multicenter study on gi ginkgo biloba for dementia.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 October 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: NIH awards multicenter study on ginkgo biloba for dementia C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300999 Bethesda, MD-A multicenter study to test the efficacy of "ginkgo biloba" botanical product on older individuals who are at risk...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Play Hard, Die Young: Football Dementia, Depression, and Death
- PLAY HARD, DIE YOUNG: Football Dementia, Depression, and Death BENNET OMALU One concussion per game--that's the average for a typical season of the National Football League. In this book, neuropathologist Omalu makes the case that "gridiron dementia" is a real condition. It could explain why former NFL players are...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Dementia's ascent in the elderly - incidence of dementia increases with age - Brief Article
- A rare prospective study of the elderly reveals that the rate of first-time dementias rises dramatically with age. Brain changes that cause various types of cognitive decline may often accompany advancing age, assert Eugene S. Paykel, a psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge in England, and his coworkers. ...
- Research articles 1994-05-07
- New Episode of the Senior Care Podcast by LivHOME Focuses on Caring for Seniors with Dementia
- Provides Useful Tips, Poignant Examples for Caregivers LOS ANGELES -- LivHOME, the nation's largest provider of professionally led at-home care for seniors, has released a new episode of The Senior Care Podcast by LivHOME that discusses caring for seniors with dementia. In Episode 4, LivHOME Chief Professional Officer...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
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