Sökning: "behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
1. Exercise and team rehabilitation in older people with dementia : applicability, motivation and experiences
Sammanfattning : The world’s population is aging. With the growing population of older people, dementia disorders are becoming increasingly common. Dementia disorders are progressive and include impairments in cognitive and physical function, which lead to increased risks of inactivity, falls, fractures, and comorbidity. LÄS MER
2. Psychotropic and analgesic drug use among old people : with special focus on people living in institutional geriatric care
Sammanfattning : Old people in general, and those affected by dementia disorders in particular, are more sensitive to drug side effects than younger people. Despite this, the use of nervous system drugs and analgesics among old people is common, and has increased in recent years. LÄS MER
3. Factors associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
Sammanfattning : Most people with dementia suffer behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD). These symptoms add to caregiver stress and accelerate cognitive decline. The etiology of BPSD is complex, with multiple factors influencing symptom manifestation. The ability to accommodate and communicate needs decreases with cognitive deterioration. LÄS MER
4. Optimizing drug therapy among people with dementia : the role of clinical pharmacists
Sammanfattning : Background: Drugs are one of the cornerstones in the management of many diseases. In general, drugs are used for diagnosis, prevention, mitigation of symptoms, and, sometimes, to cure disease. However, drug treatment in elderly people, especially those with dementia and cognitive impairments, may involve significant risk of adverse drug events. LÄS MER
5. Histopathological and immunocytochemical studies in age-associated dementias : the importance of rigorous histopathological criteria for classification of progressive dementia disorders
Sammanfattning : Dementia is an age-associated organic brain disorder, recognizable by the essential features of psychological or behavioral abnormality associated with permanent dysfunction of the brain interfering with social and occupational functioning.There are two clinical and three histopathological forms of dementia 1) primary degenerative dementia, (PDD), or Alzheimer's dementia/Senile dementia of Alzheimers type (AD/SDAT) which is associated with clinical features of uniform progression and insidious onset of symptoms and histopathologically i- dentified by the occurrence of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and senile/neuritic plaques (SP/NP) in various cortical and subcor- tical regions; 2) vascular dementia, or multi-infarct dementia (MID), which is associated with clinical features of stepwise progress and patchy distribution of deficits, and histopathologically identified by the occurrence of multiple large and/or small haemorrhagic and/or ischaemic infarcts in various cortical and subcortical regions and 3) intermediate form of dementia or "mixed” ("combined") dementia (AD-MID), which is histopatho- logically associated with the coexistance of symptoms and lesions observed in AD/SDAT and MID, and clinically referred to the MID group. LÄS MER
