This project aimed to measure general practitioner (GP), practice nurse and patient health literacy about memory problems, dementia and its risk factors. Data were collected from general practices across Australia and a smaller sample in England. Questionnaires explored sources and adequacy of dementia knowledge and a randomised controlled trial tested the intervention of a dementia risk reduct...

BACKGROUND Dementia has been associated with an increased risk of hip fracture. However, little research has been conducted on the impact of dementia on wrist or vertebral fracture development. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dementia is a risk factor for different types of fracture in Taiwan. METHODS The study sample was drawn from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research...

introduction: depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in patients with diabetes, which affects on cooperation in implementation of treatment measures, consequences of therapeutic and diabetes complications. is thought, low self-esteem is endangering balance of mental and emotional person and is caused development of depression. this study was performing with goal of comparison ...

Medical care for patients with dementia differs from the management of cognitively intact elders. Dementia patients cannot explain their symptoms, cannot remember instructions, often resist therapy, and these patients may have select physiological differences from non-brain damaged individuals. The type of physical problems and obstacles to medical care will depend on the type of dementia. When...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the risk of dementia in the elderly. However, its underlying mechanisms, its connection with Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment, and effects of therapy remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that DM promotes specific neuropathologic processes that contribute to dementia and that these processes may be suppressed by antidia...

AIMS Heart failure (HF) and dementia frequently coexist, but little is known about their types, relationships to each other and prognosis. The aims were to (i) describe patients with HF and dementia, assess (ii) the proportion of specific dementia disorders in types of HF based on ejection fraction and (iii) the prognostic role of types of HF and dementia disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS The Sw...

Regional cerebral blood flow was evaluated by single-photon emission CT (SPECT) with 123I-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) in 11 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type, three patients with progressive dementia and motor neuron disease, and eight healthy control subjects. Regional blood flow measurements in the bilateral frontal, parietal association, and temporal cortices were low...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few studies of dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD) have had long-term follow-ups. Moreover, information on the duration from the onset to the development of dementia in patients with PD is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine the median dementia-free survival time from the onset of PD to the development of dementia. METHODS In total, 1,193 Korean patients wi...

OBJECTIVE To compare demographics and treatment patterns for dementia patients residing in assisted living facilities (ALF) and skilled-nursing facilities (SNF). DESIGN Cross-sectional, retrospective chart review. SETTING Patients with dementia residing in five assisted living and six skilled-nursing facilities in Western Oregon and Tacoma, Washington. PATIENTS 119 assisted living and 190...