Cognitive Developmental Approach to Dementia

Matteson, Mary Ann; Linton, Adrianne Dill; Barnes, Susan J.

doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb00357.x

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“…; Thornbury ; Matteson et al . ,b, ). Overall, key functional abilities decline in AD patients in reverse order of the development of these abilities during childhood and adolescence (Reisberg et al .…”

Section: Alzheimer′s Disease Is a Human‐specific Disordermentioning

confidence: 97%

Is sporadic Alzheimer′s disease a developmental disorder?

Arendt

Stieler

Ueberham

2017

Journal of Neurochemistry

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Alzheimer 0 s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of higher age that specifically occurs in human. Its clinical phase, characterized by a decline in physiological, psychological, and social functioning, is preceded by a long clinically silent phase of at least several decades that might perhaps even start very early in life. Overall, key functional abilities in AD patients decline in reverse order of the development of these abilities during normal childhood and adolescence. Early symptoms of AD, thus, typically affect mental functions that have been acquired only during very recent hominid evolution and as such are specific to human. Neurofibrillar degeneration, a typical neuropathological lesion of the disease and one of the most robust pathological correlates of cognitive impairment, is rarely seen in non-primate mammals and even non-human primates hardly develop a pathology comparable to those seen in AD patients. Neurofibrillar degeneration is not randomly distributed throughout the AD brain. It preferentially affects brain areas that become increasingly predominant during the evolutionary process of encephalization. During progression of the disease, it affects cortical areas in a stereotypic sequence that inversely recapitulates ontogenetic brain development. The specific distribution of cortical pathology in AD, moreover, appears to be determined by the modular organization of the cerebral cortex which basically is a structural reflection of its ontogeny. Here, we summarize recent evidence that phylogenetic and ontogenetic dimensions of brain structure and function provide the key to our understanding of AD. More recent molecular biological studies of the potential pathogenetic role of a genomic mosaic in the brains of patients with AD might even provide arguments for a developmental origin of AD.

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Section: Alzheimer′s Disease Is a Human‐specific Disordermentioning

confidence: 97%

Is sporadic Alzheimer′s disease a developmental disorder?

Arendt

Stieler

Ueberham

2017

Journal of Neurochemistry

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“…Elders’ problem behaviours have become an important area of study. Research on behavioural problems has taken three directions: (a) Identifying behaviours peculiar to AD (Pruchno & Resch 1989a), (b) Determining how to best manage the problems (Matteson et al . 1996), and (c) Focusing on caregiver reaction to problem behaviour (Dunkin & Anderson‐Hanley 1998).…”

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“…Research on such practices has demonstrated that both types of restraints are associated with increased injuries, falls, agitation, and disorientation (Miles & Irvine 1992, Blazer 1993). While there is much clinical information about symptom management, few controlled studies have tested behavioural interventions (Burgio 1996, Matteson et al . 1996).…”

Section: The Studymentioning

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Problem behaviour, caregiver reactions, and impact among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Robinson

Adkisson

Weinrich

2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…New research is extending the boundaries of our understanding of the range of diseases that might be encompassed by the term dementia. However, it is clear that most definitions of dementia include the concept that dementia is encompassed by multiple cognitive deficits (Matteson et al 1996). Dementia is a terrible, disabling condition, which is negatively stereotyped and poorly presented by many elements of the media (Aveyard 1997).…”

Section: What Is Dementia?mentioning

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Education and person-centred approaches to dementia care

Aveyard

2001

Nursing Older People

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examines the sometimes complex issue of how the educational needs of professional carers of people with dementia might be best facilitated. An examination of the work of educational establishments and various independent bodies associated with the provision of dementia care suggests that there is an increasing number of courses being provided for those working in the field of dementia care. However, a review of the available literature suggests that there is a limited amount published on the best ways to approach planning and implementation in dementia care. One of the problems may be the diversity of professionals involved in the provision of care for people with dementia. It is no longer the case that the field is predominantly in the domain of qualified mental health nurses. The concept of person-centred care, developed by the late Tom Kitwood, has become a driving force in the philosophy of care for people with dementia, and could provide a valuable framework on which to base educational programmes. Person-centred care puts the needs of the person with dementia at the very heart of care provision. If those needs are also at the heart of education for people working in the field, then, arguably, the contents of an educational programme will reflect the needs of the person with dementia.

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Cognitive Developmental Approach to Dementia

Cited by 14 publications

References 68 publications

Is sporadic Alzheimer′s disease a developmental disorder?

Is sporadic Alzheimer′s disease a developmental disorder?

Problem behaviour, caregiver reactions, and impact among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Education and person-centred approaches to dementia care

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