The treatment of dementia-related diseases is a global issue. Taiwan facing more serious dementia problem due to the combination an aging society and declining birthrate. A great portion healthcare resources has been utilized for among aged population. In order understand how develops in rural areas Taiwan, cooperated effort between university regional hospital was formed develop customized med...

BACKGROUND Health professionals have varying levels of knowledge about, and interest in, providing dementia services. This article compares patient experiences in dealing with dementia with the perceived role of health care providers in providing dementia care. METHOD Qualitative data from interviews of patients with dementia and their carers was compared with quantitative data from health pr...

This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine the relationship between herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) and the subsequent risk of dementia using a population-based database. We retrieved the study sample from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005. The study group included 846 patients with HZO, and the comparison group included 2538 patients without HZO. Each patient was in...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the prevalence of dementia in a general hospital, reasons for which patients with dementia were admitted, and the relationship between dementia and length of stay, cost, and in-hospital mortality rate. METHOD The study focused on data from the hospital database on 21,251 patients aged 60 and older who were discharged in 1996 and 1997. Patients were grouped as...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in patients with dementia, but the outcomes of patients with dementia hospitalized with pneumonia are poorly understood. We sought to illuminate the association between dementia and in-hospital mortality and discharge status in patients hospitalized with pneumonia. METHODS We used the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, a national i...

OBJECTIVE To compare access to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and its outcomes in patients with and without dementia. METHODS This was a longitudinal cohort study of the Swedish dementia and stroke registries. Patients with preexisting dementia who had AIS from 2010 to 2014 (n = 1,356) were compared with matched patients without dementia (n = 6,755). We examine...

BACKGROUND Primary data about rates of formal diagnosis of dementia in the German primary care sector are widely lacking. OBJECTIVES Main objectives are to analyze the rate of syndrome diagnosis in primary care patients who screened positive for dementia, the distribution of differential diagnoses, and factors associated with undiagnosed dementia. METHODS DelpHi-MV (Dementia: life- and pers...