Sentences with phrase «people with dementia»

Two thirds (66 percent) of people with dementia live in low - and middle - income countries, where less than 10 percent of population - based research has been conducted.

A virtual reality intervention to improve the understanding and empathy for people with dementia in informal caregivers: results of a pilot study.

Conversely, when data from 12 studies of brain training in people with dementia was combined, results were not positive.

We provide services and campaign actively to help people with dementia and their families and carers.

«These medications are typically recommended for short term use but are commonly used long term by people with dementia,» she said.

As well as the water club study, the team looked at patients recovering from stroke, and the value of group nostalgia among people with dementia, as well as several other studies.

When persons with dementia engage with others who share their passion for the game, colorful memories can emerge.

People with dementia experience problems with short - term memory loss, confusion, reduced concentration, personality changes, and depression.

It made me think about how people with dementia must feel.

They are millennials from clinical, academic, care, advocacy and commercial backgrounds who have united to improve the lives of people with dementia across the globe.

This is a 30 - point test of arithmetic, language and basic motor skills that is typically used to assess how fast people with dementia are declining.

Focusing only on keeping people with dementia physically safe can contribute to the person's decline.

All of us know people with dementia, schizophrenia, intellectual disability or another brain condition.

Hello, I am a 34 - year - old mental health therapist who has experience caring for persons with dementia and physical disabilities.

For example, latest estimates indicate that the number of people with dementia is expected to rise from 44 million now, to 135 million by 2050.

Trials of drugs designed to reduce blood pressure in people with dementia have not been successful.

The results provide further evidence on the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of pain among persons with dementia.

«There continue to be sharp increases in the percentage of people with dementia as the oldest age groups continue to grow in number.

SINGING to elderly people with dementia helps them form new memories, one of the first skills they tend to lose.

Younger volunteers helping older people with dementia with storytelling and teaching technology skills to overcome social isolation

Monica has been working with persons with dementia in various capacities for over 15 years.

The Intervention to prevent Depressive symptoms and promote well - being in EArly - stage dementia (IDEA) programme supports people with dementia and their family carers in identifying and scheduling enjoyable and meaningful activities.

RAndomised controlled trial to imProve depressIon and the quality of life of people with Dementia using cognitive bias modification: RAPID study protocol

Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory, the debut feature film by Michael Rossato - Bennett, follows the efforts of one man to convince Americans of the benefits of music on people with dementia or Alzheimer's.

Jennifer's mission to «raise awareness and ultimately change the way people with dementia are perceived and treated» is one that she takes seriously.

Research from the Alzheimer's Society found people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and spend longer in hospital than those without the illness.

She continued: «Help the Aged wants to see more older people with dementia enabled to live as independently as possible in the community, and this might be a way of achieving this whilst minimising some of the risks.

In «Tales of the Sea», researchers went to five different community locations with a three session activity designed to include people with dementia - by way of interactive activities - through the process of a marine dig.

His group is researching ways to give people with dementia unobtrusive reminders that they need to take pills, for example, or need to eat.

Ryan Gosling plays Holland March, an abysmal private detective who gets a regular income accepting commissions from people with dementia at old people's homes who want him to find their missing spouses — having forgotten about the funeral.

«We wanted to find out what families or carers can do to help people with dementia eat well and drink enough.»

So far the Liberal government has failed to make changes that would really improve services for people with dementia such as appointing a fully independent seniors advocate or implementing the Ombudsperson's recommendations on seniors care.»

The government must act now, with meaningful investment and reform, or we risk the system collapsing completely and people with dementia continuing to suffer needlessly.»

We've heard through our helpline of people with dementia not being fed, or not getting the drugs they need, because a carer isn't properly trained, or a care home is too short - staffed.

While many people with dementia withdraw into themselves and those that don't probably have all the personal contact they require (like the authors of books about their disease) it was interesting to see another dimension.

Recent tragedies involving people with dementia shed light on the severity of the condition as well as the urgent need to put plans in place to minimize dementia's devastating consequences.

«We expect to see urgent improvements continue so people with dementia and their carers get the best care the NHS has to offer no matter where they are or what treatment they need.»

The results build on previous research that found pimavanserin was effective for people with dementia related to Parkinson's disease.

Despite all of these negative effects they have very little benefit in improving psychosis in people with dementia Pimavanserin works differently to other antipsychotics, by blocking a very specific nerve receptor (THT2A) in the brain.

Put another way: if the frequency of dementia in seniors had stayed the same across that period, there should have been 214,000 additional people with dementia than the 670,000 documented.

It's clear from our research that to achieve this in care homes, a significant change is required in prescription culture and management of vulnerable people with dementia.»

«It is probably not just what people with dementia eat and drink that is important for their nutritional wellbeing and quality of life — but a holistic mix of where they eat and drink, the atmosphere, physical and social support offered, the understanding of formal care - givers, and levels of physical activity enjoyed.»

Eating together, providing social support and interaction during meals could help people with dementia avoid dehydration and malnutrition — according to new NIHR - funded research from the University of East Anglia.

«There is increasing evidence of a key role for inflammation in diseases like Alzheimer's and this has led researchers to investigate whether drugs used to treat inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, could also benefit people with dementia.

Depressed people tend to put a negative spin on things; people with dementia try to cover up their shortcomings.

There are some very powerful foods and nutrients that help certain people with dementia and I wonder if they would also help with the benzodiazepine - induced pseudo-dementia: