Differences in Activities of Daily Living Process Skills of Persons with and without Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract

This study demonstrates a methodology for identifying differences in the experienced difficulty of activities of daily living (ADL) process actions of task performance between persons who havedementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and persons who are well. The information gathered indicates that persons with DAT havegreater ADL deficits, hypothesized to be related to underlying declarative memory, and relatively intact ADL skills, hypothesized to be related to underlying procedural memory. AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine if persons with dementia of the Alzheimertype (VAT) differed from nondisabled older controls in theaciu-Kathryn Z. Cooke, MS, OTR, is from Boulder Manor

Reduced Feedback: Motor Learning Strategy in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

“…Further, their rate of improvement (i.e., the difference between the initial trial and the 31st trial) was no different than the improvement demonstrated by participants without AD. These results corroborate previous findings regarding the relative sparing of procedural-type motor skills in persons with AD (Cooke, 2000;Eslinger & Damasio, 1986). Although the performance of the participants with AD was significantly less than their counterparts without AD during Phys Occup Ther Geriatr Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by Michigan University on 11/01/14…”

“…Additionally, Cooke et al (2000) evaluated the difficulty patients with AD had in processing skills of activities of daily living (ADL). The population included 341 patients with AD and 287 controls.…”

The use of everyday technology by people with dementia living alone: Mapping out the difficulties

“…In fact, even a common activity such as using the telephone is only occasionally assessed, and, even when it is, the assessment is rarely designed to be sensitive to particular problems in performing the activity (Nygård & Starkhammar, 2003). In particular, people with dementia experience a decline in their ability to adapt their performance when problems are encountered (Cooke et al 2000;Doble, Fisk, MacPherson, Fisher, & Rockwood, 1997;Hartman, Fisher, & Duran, 1999). Consequently, the resources that people with dementia have for adapting their performance of an activity by incorporating technology seem to be limited from early on in the disease progression (Nygård, 2004).…”

“…It is well known that dementia first interferes with the ability to carry out complex activities in vocational and social life, followed by instrumental activities of daily living, IADL, such as shopping for groceries, handling finances, taking medication and doing household chores (Cooke, Fisher, Mayberry, & Oakley, 2000;Robinson, 2000;van Wielingen, Tuokko, Cramer, Mateer, & Hultsch, 2004;Ö hman Nygård & Borell, 2001). Executive function, attention, verbal and visuo-spatial ability may be affected even before the diagnosis can be confirmed (Albert, Mos, Tanzi, & Jones, 2001;Small & Bäckman, 1998).…”

Evaluating Driving as a Valued Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

“…The AMPS scales are based on the Rasch measurement model (Wright & Masters, 1982) and offer specific motor and process scores in the form of logit scores as a result of two scored task observations. The AMPS has been shown to be a valid assessment that demonstrates differences in motor and process ability between samples of people with and without disabilities (Bernspång & Fisher, 1995;Cooke, Fisher, Mayberry, & Oakley, 2000;Doble, Fisk, Fisher, Ritvo, & Murray, 1994) as well as a sensitive tool for community-living well older adults (Dickerson & Fisher, 1993, 1997. It has also been shown to be valid across cultures, gender, and diagnoses (Dickerson & Fisher, 1995;Duran & Fisher, 1996;Goto, Fisher, & Mayberry, 1996;Hartman, Fisher, & Duran, 1999).…”