Vascular dementia Cognitive, functional and behavioral assessment Recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology. Part II.

Abstract

Vascular dementia (VaD) is the most prevalent form of secondary dementia and the second most common of all dementias. The present paper aims to define guidelines on the basic principles for treating patients with suspected VaD (and vascular cognitive impairment - no dementia) using an evidence-based approach. The material was retrieved and selected from searches of databases (Medline, Scielo, Lilacs), preferentially from the last 15 years, to propose a systematic way to assess cognition, function and behavior, and disease severity staging, with instruments adapted for our milieu, and diagnosis disclosure. The present proposal contributes to the definition of standard diagnostic criteria for VaD based on various levels of evidence. It is noteworthy that only around half of the population of patients with vascular cognitive impairment present with dementia, which calls for future proposals defining diagnostic criteria and procedures for this condition.

Fuzzy adaptive cognitive stimulation therapy generation for Alzheimer’s sufferers: Towards a pervasive dementia care monitoring platform

“…The activities are divided mainly by types of cognitive stimulation [29,6] based on seven key areas. For a brief description see Table 1.…”

“…Let L be a combined lists of activities, where L ⊂ A (recall symbols from Table 3), we need to associate the initial stimulation plan from session j = 0 represented as SP 0 = (u, L) to a patient u such that every L v j (see (6)) is proposed as a result of the D v outputs by the different FLSs.…”

Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment staged through cdr's functional subsum (cdr-func): Preliminary results from an outpatient sample

“…The instruments used were in conformity to the directions of the Consensus for VaD of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology [28] , [29] , where only validated versions into Brazilian Portuguese were proposed. Additionally, other validated instruments disclosed after the publication of this Consensus were also included.…”

The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation Brain health in Retired athletes Study of Ageing and Impact-Related Neurodegenerative Disease (ICHIRF-BRAIN Study)

“…Neurodegenerative disease (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease) will be a clinical diagnosis supported by neuropsychological, radiological, pathological and/or fluid biomarker changes and in line with international diagnostic criteria. (33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41) Neurodegenerative diseases of specific interest include Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Stroke and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.…”