violence in families and elder abuse can take many forms, which his sometimes difficult to recognize. in russia, elder abuse is rarely discussed in professional literature and mass media. a border between elder abuse and parricide can be indistinct. borderline cases can include involvement of older people in binge drinking, denial of help, and manipulation towards suicide. three example cases a...

Visuospatial neglect has been observed in the horizontal (left/right) and vertical (up/down) dimension and depends on the distance at which a task is presented (near/far). Previously, studies have mainly focused on investigating the overall severity of neglect in near and far space in a group of neglect patients instead of examining subgroups of neglect patients with different types of distance...

Background Current knowledge about spatial neglect and its impact on rehabilitation mostly originates from stroke studies. Objective To examine the impact of spatial neglect on rehabilitation outcome in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods The retrospective study included 156 consecutive patients with TBI (73 women; median age = 69.5 years; interquartile range = 50-81 years) a...

BACKGROUND Region-specific types of neglect (peripersonal and extrapersonal) have been dissociated, yet, differential behavioural consequences are unknown. OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study was to investigate behavioural consequences at the level of basic activities of daily living of region-specific neglect, using the Catherine Bergego Scale (CBS). METHODS 118 stroke patients were scr...

An overall measure of the recovery of visual neglect in patients with an acute stroke is described: The "Visual Neglect Recovery Inde" (VNRI) expresses the amount of visual neglect on a battery of visual neglect tests as a percentage of complete recovery from the maximal visual neglect measurable. The principles underlying the development of the index are similar to those involved in the develo...

Systematic individual neuroanatomical (MRI) and neuropsychological investigations were conducted for nine patients with unilateral neglect persisting at least 3 months after a cerebral vascular accident. The pattern of referrals, together with subsequent investigation, demonstrates that persisting neglect is rare in both right- and left-hemispheric lesioned patients. But while persisting neglec...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between visuospatial neglect and anemia in patients with right cerebral infarction, as well as to identify the risk factor of neglect and furnish preliminary data on rehabilitation management. METHODS The line bisection test and Albert test were conducted on subjects with right cerebral infarction in order to analyze neglect severity. Multiple linear r...

BACKGROUND Leukoaraiosis and its progression have longitudinally been associated with cognitive decline and dementia. Its role in acute cognitive function and response to acute cerebral ischemia is less well understood. We evaluated whether the presence and extent of leukoaraiosis, or white matter hyperintensities (WMH), had an impact on performance on tests of hemispatial neglect in acute isch...

BACKGROUND The one-child policy introduced in China in 1979 has led to far-reaching changes in socio-demographic characteristics. Under this policy regime, each household has few children. This study aims to describe the prevalence of child neglect in one-child families in China and to examine the correlates of child neglect. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 2044 children aged 6 to 9 years ...