Sentences with phrase «group on dementia»

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A multidisciplinary group of scientists from the Sanders - Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky have identified an interesting connection between the health of the brain tissue that supports cognitive functioning and the presence of dementia in adults with Down syndrome.

Kales and her colleagues Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D. and Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D. from Johns Hopkins University authored the new paper on behalf of a group of experts, called the Detroit Expert Panel on the Assessment and Management of the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia, who developed the DICE approach.

They also work with the family caregivers of those with dementia on implementing caregiver stress prevention strategies such as attending monthly support groups, creating crisis plans, taking regular weekly time off from caregiving tasks, and enhancing their self - management and problem solving capacity related to their loved one's dementia symptoms.

RAND's latest dementia research, which builds on earlier work, included interviews with key representatives of national, state and local stakeholder groups.

In a Policy View published in The Lancet Neurology journal, a group of leading experts on the epidemiology of dementia state that the number of people with dementia — both new cases and total numbers with the disease — in some Western European countries is stabilising despite population aging, in direct contrast to the «dementia epidemic» reported in some recent studies.

Based on a review of previous studies a group of researchers have shortlisted a number of environmental risk factors for dementia in a paper published in the journal BMC Geriatrics.

Forty - five percent of women in this group went on to develop dementia within four decades.

The conference will feature leading experts on a range of topics including the latest in dementia science and care, presentations by people with dementia and their care partners, discussions on prevention, diagnosis, engaging minority groups and a unique focus on how technology and innovation is shaping the future.

A hundred and twenty sedentary older individuals not having dementia were randomly put in 1 of 2 groups, individuals who started an exercise program of walking on a track for forty minutes each day, 3 days per week, or individuals restricted to stretching and toning exercises.

Interestingly, the group of volunteers who did experience dementia weighed about eight pounds less on average at the beginning of the study than those who did not develop dementia.

Participants all suffered from memory loss (though not on dementia levels) and were split into two groups.

In one large study published in 1996, German researchers tested Ginkgo extract on a group of 222 patients, aged fifty - five or older, who were diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia caused by either Alzheimer's disease or multi-infarct dementia.

If you are on Facebook, there is a group called Canine Cognitive Dysfunction that offers loads of information for canine dementia.

Advice on suitable pictures to suit all client groups, including dementia and adolescents.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

In the intervention group, staff attended seven 1 hour seminars on topics related to behavioural problems in dementia to improve their knowledge and skills.

Patients in the family intervention group had better functioning on activities of daily living than patients in the 2 control groups, but did not differ for cognitive function, depression, psychotic symptoms, behavioural disturbances, or overall severity of dementia.