Alzheimer-Demenz

Förstl, Hans; Kurz, Alexander; Hartmann, Tobias

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-35486-4_4

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“…Cognitive impairment occurs in 15% to 35% of elderly people (Förstl & Einhäupl, 2002). On the other hand, depressive disorders, over the entire lifetime, occur in 5–12% of males and in 10–15% of females (Ebert & Loew, 2001).…”

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Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

Engmann¹

2011

GeroPsych

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The article reviews the relationship between depressive symptoms and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Evidence bearing on this relation comes from clinical findings, neuroimaging, and cerebrospinal fluid markers. Depression in elderly people is associated with a higher occurrence of cognitive impairment, whereas the decline of cognitive functions over time seems to be a predictor of the development of dementia. Further symptoms predicting a high risk of progression from MCI to dementia are anxiety, restlessness, and low awareness of cognitive malfunction. There are controversies in the literature, however, about the connections among vascular brain lesions, depression, and MCI. Frontal and temporal brain regions seem to be at the core of functional changes in MCI patients. Several studies of cerebrospinal fluid point out the role of tau protein in predicting the outcome of MCI over time. In conclusion, diagnosis of MCI demands a complex assessment. MCI patients with and without depression need careful follow-up investigations.

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Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

Engmann¹

2011

GeroPsych

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“…At present, they cannot really be avoided by preventative measures, nor can they be treated causally [1]. With the use of nootropics, at the present time, in the case of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, it is possible to delay the deterioration of the clinical picture (on a cognitive, psychopathological and behavioural level) for about 1 year, if the patient responds to the therapy [2].…”

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Non-Drug Therapies for Dementia: An Overview of the Current Situation with Regard to Proof of Effectiveness

Gräsel

Wiltfang

Kornhuber

2003

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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An overview will be presented of music therapy, art therapy, movement therapy and reminiscence therapy, memory training, reality orientation, validation therapy, self-maintenance therapy, behaviour therapy, milieu therapy and staff training. The overview will examine the aims of each, the principles on which procedures are based and the proof of their effectiveness. The principal aim of non-drug therapies is to influence symptomatic dementia beneficially and to improve the abilities remaining to the patient. The potential benefits are usually deduced from studies made without control groups. At the present time, proof of the effectiveness of these therapies is still lacking as controlled, randomized studies have yet to be conducted, and so a fundamental evaluation of the therapeutic benefits of non-drug therapies in the treatment of dementia cannot yet be made.

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Demenzpflege zwischen Familie, Pflegeeinrichtung und lokaler Gemeinschaft: das Spezialaltenpflegeheim Takurōsho Yoriai

Lewerich

2018

Japan in Der Krise

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Alzheimer-Demenz

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

Non-Drug Therapies for Dementia: An Overview of the Current Situation with Regard to Proof of Effectiveness

Demenzpflege zwischen Familie, Pflegeeinrichtung und lokaler Gemeinschaft: das Spezialaltenpflegeheim Takurōsho Yoriai

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