Metamemory and Depression in Cognitively Impaired Elders

Specific anatomic associations between white matter integrity and cognitive reserve in normal and cognitively impaired elders.

OBJECTIVES to investigate the associations between white matter (WM) integrity and cognitive reserve (CR) in healthy elders (HE), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The authors studied correlations between CR and WM integrity in regions showing WM age-related effects or pathologic changes and tested the differences of slopes between groups. METHODS diffu...

Predictors of institutionalization of cognitively impaired elders: family help and the timing of placement.

Although predictors of nursing home placement have attracted a good deal of attention in gerontological research, the type and amount of family assistance offered to caregivers prior to institutionalization has not been extensively examined. This study analyzed the impact of family help on the timing of placement among cognitively impaired care recipients. Using longitudinal data from the Adult...

The Pain Behaviors for Osteoarthritis Instrument for Cognitively Impaired Elders (PBOICIE).

Older adults with severe cognitive impairment have trouble responding to questions about their osteoarthritis knee or hip pain, which makes pain management difficult. Therefore, the Pain Behaviors for Osteoarthritis Instrument for Cognitively Impaired Elders (PBOICIE) was developed as an alternative. This article reports the development and psychometric testing of the PBOICIE in three studies. ...

Metacognition in Elders 1 Finding the Self in Metacognitive Evaluations: A study of metamemory and agency in non-demented elders

Intelligent Recognition of Activities of Daily Living for Assisting Memory and/or Cognitively Impaired Elders in Smart Homes

The article describes a recognition approach of undertaken activities of daily living (ADLs) performed by memory and/or cognitively impaired elders in smart homes. The proposed technique is materialised via a recognition module inserted in a modular generic architecture which aims to offer a framework to conceive intelligent ADLs assistance systems. DOI: 10.4018/jaci.2009062204 IGI PUBLISHING T...