Life orientation in Finnish family caregivers' of persons with Alzheimer's disease: A diary study

T Välimäki, K Vehviläinen‐Julkunen… - Nursing & health …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… of people with Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we discuss family caregivers… life orientation
and changes in life orientation during the first year after the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a practical orientation

IL Abraham - Nursing Clinics, 2006 - nursing.theclinics.com
… Learning about the essentials of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias and to
differentiate them from other syndromes with seemingly similar symptoms can be a daunting …

Views of life and sense of identity in people with Alzheimer's disease

A Westius, K Kallenberg, A Norberg - Ageing & Society, 2010 - cambridge.org
… to retain a sense of identity during the process of the disease poses a great challenge to
care-… view of life of people with Alzheimer's in framing their sense of identity. Is their view of life a …

Reality orientation therapy combined with cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: randomised controlled trial

G Onder, O Zanetti, E Giacobini, GB Frisoni… - The British Journal of …, 2005 - cambridge.org
… Our study shows that among patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a home-based programme
of reality orientation therapy provided by the patients’ caregivers can enhance the effects of …

Optimism as a key to improving mental health in family caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease

A Díaz, JM Ponsoda, A Beleña - Aging & mental health, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… , perceived social support and subjective burden in the relationship between objective
burden and psychological distress in caregivers of people with Alzheimers Disease (AD). …

Reality orientation therapy in Alzheimer disease: useful or not? A controlled study

O Zanetti, GB Frisoni, D De Leo… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
… didactic group therapy [class reality orientation therapy (ROT)] in Alzheimer disease. The
study was conducted in the day hospital ofan Alzheimer Dementia Research and Care Unit (…

Mental-orientation: A new approach to assessing patients across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum.

G Peters-Founshtein, M Peer, Y Rein… - …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
… to test orientation and demonstrate its diagnostic benefits over standard neuropsychological
tests in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis, highlighting the central role of orientation

[HTML][HTML] Environmental interventions to support orientation and social engagement of people with Alzheimer's disease

MCD Azevedo, H Charchat-Fichman… - Dementia & …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
… In the first place, the combinations between key words for the research were as follows: “Alzheimer
disease OR dementia AND wandering OR exiting OR wayfinding OR orientation OR …

What can we learn about the concept of meaning in life from older adults with Alzheimer's disease? A directed content analysis study

L Dewitte, T Schellekens, MF Steger, F Martela… - Journal of Happiness …, 2021 - Springer
… in a unique population (older adults with Alzheimer’s disease) naturally think about it, using
… this stage of life often think about fulfilled purpose instead of purpose as future-oriented as it …

Comparing two different orientation strategies for promoting indoor traveling in people with Alzheimer's disease

AO Caffo, F Hoogeveen, M Groenendaal… - Research in …, 2014 - Elsevier
… The present study compared two different types of orientation strategies: an assistive …
traveling in four persons with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). A social validation …