Occupational Therapy Interventions for People With Alzheimer’s Disease

Piersol, Catherine Verrier; Jensen, Lou; Lieberman, Deborah; Arbesman, Marian

doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.721001

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“…Occupational therapy was identified as another potent group of interventions that can successfully lower the depression in caregivers. The focus of occupational therapy may range according to the needs of the caregivers, including physical and social environment modifications, activity modification strategies, ambient music and multisensory interventions, as well as exercise-based interventions (Cheng and Zheng, 2020;Piersol et al, 2018).…”

Section: Psychological Interventions To Reduce Caregiver's Burdenmentioning

confidence: 99%

The potential of transformative video design for improving caregiver’s wellbeing

Petrovic

Gaggioli

2021

Health Psychology Open

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The existing interventions for informal caregivers assist with managing health outcomes of the role burden. However, the deeper meaning-making needs of informal caregivers have been generally neglected. This paper reflects on the meaning-making needs of informal caregivers, through the theory of narrative identity, and proposes a new approach – the Transformative Video Design technique delivered via video storytelling. Transformative Video Design assists informal caregivers to re-create a cohesive caregiving story and incorporate it into the narrative identity. The technique is used as a stimulus for triggering the self-re-structure within the narrative identity and facilitating role transformation.

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Section: Psychological Interventions To Reduce Caregiver's Burdenmentioning

confidence: 99%

The potential of transformative video design for improving caregiver’s wellbeing

Petrovic

Gaggioli

2021

Health Psychology Open

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“…For example, falls can be a consequence of delirium, which means that an appropriate OT approach should be able to tackle both falls and delirium as joint manifestations of the same problem [15]. Occupational therapists play a key role in assessing and rehabilitating functioning and cognition, particularly in the context of brain injury, stroke, and other cognitive disorders such as dementia [16]. Occupational therapists are experts in rehabilitation and in adapting nonpharmacological interventions to different settings and interventions.…”

Section: The Role Of Occupational Therapy In the Multidisciplinary Teammentioning

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The applicability and feasibility of occupational therapy in delirium care

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Aim To perform a narrative review aiming at evaluating the applicability and feasibility of occupational therapy in people with delirium. Findings In this article, the current evidence of the role of occupational therapy for the prevention and management of people with delirium across different settings of care (intensive care units, rehabilitation facilities, and nursing homes) is described. Overall, the article summarizes the results of various studies, supporting the feasibility and efficacy of non-pharmacological approaches conducted by occupational therapists. Message Though further studies are required to confirm initial evidence, there is reason to believe that occupational therapy may be an effective approach to help the management of delirious people across various settings of care. Occupational therapy may therefore be included in the early stages of rehabilitation management for people with delirium.

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“…Occupational therapy: An occupational therapist can evaluate one's strengths, weaknesses, and ability to understand where the AD patient needs help, and also a therapist can help the AD patient to improve some of his physical skills [49].…”

Section: Miscellaneous Efforts To Manage the Admentioning

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Alzheimer and It’s Possible Therapy: A Review

Chakraborty¹,

Diwan²

2020

Journal of Experimental Neurology

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Approximately 5.5 million people in the United States and 47 million people worldwide are currently affected by AD [2,3]. It is expected that by 2050, nearly a million new cases per year may develop [4]. Symptoms: What are the symptoms of ADMemory loss is usually the first sign of AD which is different than normal memory problems. Unlike in other cases where one can forget something for the time being but can recollect later, AD person's loss of memory is irreversible.Followings are the symptoms associated with mild, moderate, and severe AD. Symptoms vary as the disease progresses (Figure 1). Mild AD: Usually, a person with mild AD avoids new and unfamiliar situations; has trouble learning and remembering new information, speaks more slowly than in the past; makes wrong decisions; may have mood swings and become depressed, grouchy, or restlessness [5].

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Occupational Therapy Interventions for People With Alzheimer’s Disease

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

The potential of transformative video design for improving caregiver’s wellbeing

The potential of transformative video design for improving caregiver’s wellbeing

The applicability and feasibility of occupational therapy in delirium care

Alzheimer and It’s Possible Therapy: A Review

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