Evaluation of Simulated Presence: a personalized approach to enhance well-being in persons with Alzheimer's disease
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Alzheimer patients may benefit from Simulated Presence, an audio tape structured like a telephone call filled with treasured memories. Audio tapes were carried in hip pouches and could be played at will. Staff members rated the agitated and withdrawn behaviors of 54 patients in nursing homes as improved after the introduction of Simulated Presence. Since patients could not recall having heard the tape before, each listening period was a novel experience.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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Optimizing atypical antipsychotic treatment strategies in the elderly
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A strategy that would enable healthcare providers who are caring for elderly patients with chronic mental illness to choose pharmacological interventions with favorable risk/benefit profiles is suggested. The strategy involves evaluating data from efficacy studies that concentrate on the use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of elderly patients with psychotic illness.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Health professionals' views on standards for decision-making capacity regarding refusal of medical treatment in mild Alzheimer's disease
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Survey findings suggest that medical professionals do not use a uniform standard for evaluating decision-making capacity in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. While most supported the five basic elements presented in the survey, some did not. Implications of this response disparity are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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