Adjustment to residential placement in Alzheimer disease patients: does premorbid personality matter?

Personality traits and behavioral and psychological symptoms in patients at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease

“…However, this hypothesis was not supported by our findings as premorbid personality traits did not predict BPS in the AD group, although clear correlations were observed when the AD and control groups were lumped together, an artifact due to the combination of two clinically clearly distinct and homogeneous groups. Similarly, other studies found no relationship between premorbid personality traits and BPS in AD patients (Swearer et al, 1996;Holst et al, 1997;Brandt et al, 1998). Thus, the impact of premorbid neuroticism on the occurrence of depression in mild AD as suggested by some studies (Chatterjee et al, 1992;Strauss et al, 1997;Meins et al, 1998;Gilley et al, 2004) was not supported by our findings, although depression and neuroticism scores were quite high in these patients.…”

“…Therefore, Duchek et al (2007) suggest that premorbid personality may be an additional element in the discrimination between individuals with early stage AD and healthy subjects. However, other studies have failed to demonstrate links between premorbid personality and specific BPS (Lebert et al, 1995;Swearer et al, 1996;Holst et al, 1997;Brandt et al, 1998;Kolanowski and Garr, 1999;Kolanowski et al, 1997;Clark et al, 2000).…”

Personalized Technology to Support Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment Living at Home

“…The needs interview was developed by SimpleC and is partially based on formal assessments of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia (e.g., Neuropsychiatric Inventory 31,32 , Nursing Home Adjustment Checklist 35 ) and part on years of experience working with older adults with dementia and their caregivers. In this study, baseline measures helped inform which symptoms were present and most pressing.…”

Families' experiences of long-term care placement: Adaptation and intervention

“…Resident involvement similarly affected satisfaction with the discharge setting (Dunkle, Haug, & Coulton, 1995). While locus of control has been linked to positive adjustment, additional research has found that personality prior to disease onset is not predictive of adjustment in persons with Alzheimer's disease (Brandt et al, 1998). Better physical health and a lack of delusional behavior were associated with decreased mortality in a longitudinal study of older adults suffering from dementia who were newly admitted to a nursing home (Carlson et al, 2001).…”