Complementary therapy for advanced dementia palliation in nursing homes

Direct costs of dementia in nursing homes

Dementia represents an economical burden to societies nowadays. Total dementia expenses are calculated by the sum of direct and indirect costs. Through the stages of the diseases, as the patients may require institutionalization or a formal caregiver, the direct costs tend to increase. This study aims to analyze the direct costs of dementia in Portuguese nursing homes in 2012, compare the spend...

Reducing Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes.

Multidimensional assessment of challenging behaviors in advanced stages of dementia in nursing homes—The insideDEM framework

INTRODUCTION Assessment of challenging behaviors in dementia is important for intervention selection. Here, we describe the technical and experimental setup and the feasibility of long-term multidimensional behavior assessment of people with dementia living in nursing homes. METHODS We conducted 4 weeks of multimodal sensor assessment together with real-time observation of 17 residents with m...

Comorbid Dementia and Cancer in Residents of Nursing Homes

BACKGROUND Life expectancy is increasing continuously, which increases the likelihood of developing dementia or cancer. Both dementia and cancer are serious conditions that give manifold symptoms. The interaction of these conditions is however complex and less explored. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of cancer and differences regarding neuropsychiatric symptom...

Estimating prognosis for nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

CONTEXT Survival varies for patients with advanced dementia, and accurate prognostic tools have not been developed. A small proportion of patients admitted to hospice have dementia, in part because of the difficulty in predicting survival. OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with 6-month mortality in newly admitted nursing home residents with advanced dementia and to create a practical ...