Screening for Dementia: Family Caregiver Questionnaires Reliably Predict Dementia

Screening for dementia: family caregiver questionnaires reliably predict dementia.

INTRODUCTION Because of increasing numbers of patients with diseases that cause dementia, primary care physicians must use efficient assessment procedures in their clinics. Important advantages of screening for dementia include determination of the patient's cognitive capacity to participate competently in his/her own medical care and early diagnosis, which enables administration of medications...

Dementia and caregiver stress.

Living with loss: dementia and the family caregiver.

Two focus group interviews with 15 relatives, investigated family caregivers' perceptions of having a relative in a dementia care unit. Data analysis revealed the significant theme of living with loss. The results demonstrate that the burden of care giving creates growing stress and tension that continues even when the family member is placed into a residential care setting. The findings sugges...

Living with dementia: caregiver perspectives.

About four million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or related forms of dementia. Because the disease process impairs language, insight, and judgment, family members become "caregivers." These caregivers, either in part or in full, often make decisions on patients' behalf. This Issue Brief summarizes a series of studies that describe how caregivers make decisions for AD pa...

Office screening for dementia.

mediciNe & HealtH/RHode islaNd dementia is a Common affliCtion in late life, affecting over 10% of US adults 65 and older, with prevalence doubling each five years of age thereafter. Dementia often goes unnoticed by primary care providers for several years after its onset. Not until sufficiently severe impairment such as difficulty with instrumental activities of daily living, including keeping...