- 833studies on this subject, of 27,380 in the library
- 815peer-reviewed
- 1980–2026years published
- 50median usefulness score out of 100
These counts and lists are worked out from the library itself each time the page loads. A score rates how much weight a study can bear — its design, journal, evidence and recency — not whether its result is good news. How we score a study. For a plain-English guide to this subject, see Caregiving.
The 20 highest-scoring studies
- Donepezil for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease
- Comprehensive Older Adult and Caregiver Help (COACH): A person-centered caregiver intervention prevents elder mistreatment
- A mindfulness-based multicomponent caregiver intervention (PAACC): objectives, study design, and cohort description
- Adoption of Telemedicine for Dementia Care in Nigeria: Scoping Review
- Technology caregiver intervention for Alzheimer's disease (I-CARE): Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of Brain CareNotes
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Health System, Community-Based, or Usual Dementia Care for Persons With Dementia and Caregivers: The D-CARE Randomized Clinical Trial
Neither health system-based nor community-based dementia care differed significantly from usual care, or from each other, on patient behavioral symptoms and caregiver strain. Only caregiver self-efficacy was significantly higher for both treatments versus usual care, so the main goals of the programs were not met.
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Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in China, 1990-2010: a systematic review and analysis
This review concluded that earlier estimates may have underestimated the burden of dementia in China. It is about measuring how common dementia is, not about treating, curing or preventing it.
- Effectiveness of person-centered care on people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Caring for Dementia Caregivers: Psychosocial Factors Related to Engagement in Self-Care Activities
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The global prevalence of dementia: a systematic review and metaanalysis
This systematic review estimated global dementia prevalence and projected rising numbers, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It offers a basis for planning care resources but does not evaluate any treatment or cure.
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Caregiver burden: a clinical review
This clinical review identifies who is most at risk for caregiver burden and reviews which interventions help. Support groups and psychoeducational interventions for dementia caregivers showed only mild-to-modest efficacy.
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Cerebral small vessel disease and risk of incident stroke, dementia and depression, and all-cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Pooling 28 studies on dementia (16,458 people) and up to 36 on stroke, this review found that common brain MRI signs of small vessel disease (white matter hyperintensities, lacunes, microbleeds and atrophy) were each linked to later stroke, all-cause dementia, depression and death (hazard ratios 1.22-2.72), with combinations of two signs more strongly linked to stroke. Perivascular spaces had too few studies to pool. The authors note these are associations: only "if these associations are causal" would a substantial share of disease be attributable to small vessel disease.
- Safety and immunogenicity of the tau vaccine AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial
- Treatment of agitation in AD: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
- Community occupational therapy for older patients with dementia and their care givers: cost effectiveness study
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Palliative Care Program for Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia and Caregivers: The IN-PEACE Randomized Clinical Trial
Integrated dementia palliative care did not significantly improve patients' neuropsychiatric symptoms over 24 months compared with usual care, though there were fewer combined emergency department and hospitalization events. This is a null result for symptom improvement, with a possible benefit in reducing hospital use.
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Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial
In this randomized trial of 780 people with dementia and 780 caregivers, a telephone and internet collaborative care program improved patient quality of life, reduced emergency department visits, and decreased caregiver depression and burden compared with usual care. It improves care and well-being but does not treat, cure or prevent Alzheimer's disease itself.
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Community based occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their care givers: randomised controlled trial
In this randomized controlled trial, community occupational therapy improved patients' daily functioning and caregivers' sense of competence compared with controls. The improvement was still significant at three months.
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Cerebrospinal fluid p-tau217 performs better than p-tau181 as a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease
In 194 people from Sweden's BioFINDER study, the spinal-fluid marker p-tau217 tracked tau and amyloid brain scans more closely than the established marker p-tau181, rose more over time, and better separated Alzheimer's dementia from other neurodegenerative disorders. The tau-scan finding held in a second, independent group of 32 people, and the main results held with a different p-tau217 test kit. The authors conclude only that p-tau217 "might be more useful than p-tau181 in the diagnostic work up of AD"; the record gives no accuracy figures, and this is a lumbar-puncture test about detection, not a blood test or a treatment finding.
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Mild cognitive impairment: disparity of incidence and prevalence estimates
This review found that published prevalence and incidence estimates for mild cognitive impairment vary greatly both between definitions and within a definition across the 42 included publications. This means the numbers used to describe how common MCI is are inconsistent, and it offers no treatment, cure or prevention.
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Newest additions on this subject
- Elder Caregiving in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review of Cultural Norms, Care Burdens, Carer Support and Policy Gaps
- Cultural and linguistic adaptation of a personalised post-diagnostic dementia intervention for Bangladeshi families in the UK: an iterative adaptation study
- Hypothalamic tau P301L pathology disrupts pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles
- Co-adapting the GRACE (Goal-diRected ACcessible, Equitable, Evidence-based Care) Dementia Post-diagnostic Support Intervention to Improve Inclusivity
- Public Preferences for Autonomy-Enhancing Dementia Care in Ireland: A Protocol for a Discrete Choice Experiment
- Separating ECog scale-score information from dyad availability: observation-process contributions to dyadic prediction of cognitive impairment in ADNI
- Online Peer Support Use Among Informal Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer Disease or Related Dementias: National Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey
- Dyadic self- and informant-reported cognitive concern and subsequent MCI/AD diagnosis in ADNI: an exploratory prognostic modelling study
- The Complex Dynamics of Caregiving for ADRD Patients in Uganda: Selection Factors, Challenges, and Benefits
- The mediating effects of attitudes toward people with dementia on the relationship between caregiving burden and sense of competence among dementia care staff in Southern Chinese nursing homes: A cross-sectional study
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What the library holds on this subject
By review status
| Status | Studies |
|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed | 815 |
| Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed | 16 |
| Report — not peer-reviewed | 1 |
| Retracted — do not rely on it | 1 |
By strength of evidence
| Rated in our summary | Studies |
|---|---|
| low | 551 |
| high | 151 |
| moderate | 121 |
| early | 4 |
| null-result | 3 |
| not rated | 2 |
| preliminary | 1 |
Most frequent journals
| Journal | Studies |
|---|---|
| The Gerontologist | 38 |
| Neurology | 32 |
| Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 26 |
| International journal of geriatric psychiatry | 25 |
| Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association | 22 |
| Brain : a journal of neurology | 19 |
| International psychogeriatrics | 15 |
| Alzheimer s & Dementia | 14 |
| The Lancet. Neurology | 14 |
| JAMA | 13 |
Studies by year published
| Year | Studies | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | |
| 2025 | 187 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 25 | |
| 2005 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2001 | 12 | |
| 2000 | 11 | |
| 1999 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 1 |
Counts the 833 studies with a usable publication date. The library is a large sample of published work, not a complete index, so these counts describe the library, not the whole field.
Other subjects in the library
- Getting a diagnosis
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- Prevention and risk
- How common it is
- Costs and economics
- Genetics
- Laboratory science
- Disease mechanisms
- Vascular contributions
- Prevention trials
- Clinical safety
- Health systems and care delivery
- End-of-life care
- Risk factors
- Digital health tools
- Treatments
- Disparities
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Risk genes beyond APOE
- Brain scans and imaging
- TREM2 and immune genetics
- Cognitive tests and assessment
- Lewy body dementia
- Down syndrome and Alzheimer's
- Long-term cohort studies
- Inflammation and the immune system
- Tau biomarkers
- Brain tissue and pathology
- Drug development
- Hippocampus size on brain scans