BackgroundDementia is currently incurable, irreversible and a major cause of disability for
the world's older population. The association between mental health difficulties, such as post …

Behavioral disturbances are frequently the most challenging manifestations of dementia and
are exhibited in almost all people with dementia. Common behavioral disturbances can be …

ObjectiveDementia is a progressive illness with a complex biopsychosocial constellation of
symptoms faced by millions of individuals and families worldwide. Palliative care teams …

Appeals to the dignity of people with dementia are widespread in the current literature on
dementia care. One influential account of dignity in the wider philosophical and bioethical …

Las técnicas de rehabilitación neuropsicológica están destinadas a paliar el deterioro
cognitivo de pacientes que sufren una demencia de severidad leve, sin el uso de …

Background An increasingly high number of patients admitted to hospital have dementia.
Hospital environments can be particularly confusing and challenging for people living with …

This article reviews the effect of non-pharmacological therapies in persons with cognitive
impairment, especially treatments aimed at brain stimulation and functional maintenance …

Aims and objectives To explore how Martha Nussbaum's approach to human capabilities
can apply to dignity in the lives of people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes …

Obtaining new knowledge accepted and used by practitioners remains a slow process. A
dearth of knowledge translation research exists that explores how to effectively move …

The paper aims to know the idioms that the elderly use to describe and make sense of their
experience of aging. It is based on ethnographic data gathered through the in-depth …