Impact of dementia: Health disparities, population trends, care interventions, and economic costs

MP Aranda, IN Kremer, L Hinton… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The dementia experience is not a monolithic phenomenon—and while core
elements of dementia are considered universal—people living with dementia experience the …

[HTML][HTML] Socially assistive robots for people with dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis of feasibility, acceptability and the effect on cognition, neuropsychiatric …

C Yu, A Sommerlad, L Sakure, G Livingston - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is increasing interest in using robots to support dementia care but little
consensus on the evidence for their use. The aim of the study is to review evidence about …

Taking an (embodied) cue from community health: Designing dementia caregiver support technology to advance health equity

C Guan, A Bouzida, RM Oncy-Avila… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Dementia affects> 50 million worldwide, causing progressive cognitive and physical
disabilities. Its caregiving burden falls largely onto informal caregivers, who experience their …

Hospice Improves Care Quality For Older Adults With Dementia In Their Last Month Of Life: Study examines hospice care quality for older adults with dementia in their …

KL Harrison, I Cenzer, CK Ankuda, LJ Hunt… - Health …, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
The Medicare hospice benefit was originally designed around a cancer disease paradigm
but increasingly serves people living with dementia. At this time, almost half of all older …

Medicare‐funded home‐based clinical care for community‐dwelling persons with dementia: an essential healthcare delivery mechanism

KA Ornstein, CK Ankuda, B Leff… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Over the past decade, medical care has shifted from institutions into home
settings—particularly among persons with dementia. Yet it is unknown how home‐based …

An agenda for addressing multimorbidity and racial and ethnic disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia

AR Quiñones, J Kaye, HG Allore… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Advancements in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) research on the US
population acknowledge the importance of the high burden of ADRD on segments of the …

Family caregiving at the end of life and hospice use: A national study of Medicare beneficiaries

V Kumar, CK Ankuda, MD Aldridge… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Hospice care confers well‐documented benefits to patients
and their families, but it is underutilized. One potential reason is inadequate family support to …

[HTML][HTML] Live discharge from hospice for people living with dementia isn't “graduating”—It's getting expelled

LJ Hunt, KL Harrison - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
People enrolling in hospice expect that they will be supported through the dying process,
ideally within the comfort of their own homes. This means that patients and caregivers …

The need for stability in paid dementia care: family caregiver perspectives

JM Reckrey, S Perez, D Watman… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Paid caregivers (eg, home health aides, home care workers) provide essential care to
people with dementia living at home; this study explored family caregiver perspectives on …

[HTML][HTML] Personalized technological support for informal caregivers of older people with dementia: a co-design approach involving potential end users and healthcare …

F Gris, B D'Amen, G Lamura, L Paciaroni, M Socci… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Informal/family caregivers (ICs) of older people with dementia (PwD) can suffer from
depression and burnout. However, digital solutions can potentially provide innovative ways …