Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.
Highest usefulness score first. Studies without a score come last.
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Individuals living alone with dementia are rising rapidly, yet this group remains largely unrecognized in dementia care planning.
Why it matters
This study interviewed county Dementia Friendly America leads in Maryland about programming for older adults living alone with dementia. It is about community planning and support, not about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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In Japan, dementia-related medical services are covered by the universal health insurance system, with patient co-payments based on age and income.
Why it matters
This paper describes how dementia care is paid for in Japan, including fees for early diagnosis, cognitive assessments, and multidisciplinary consultations. It does not report on any treatment, cure, or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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There was a significant correlation in MoCA and FLCI-2 measures but no significant correlation between the language measures (CIUs, FLCI-2, or word count).
Why it matters
This study found that 82% of participants either improved or maintained language scores during reminiscence therapy, suggesting it could help maintain language skills. There was no significant correlation between the language measures, and the study does not show that reminiscence therapy treats or prevents Alzheimer's disease.
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In this study, a preliminary reliability assessment on the Chinese version of the EOLD scale was conducted, revealing that the three subscales exhibit strong internal consistency in reliability and structural validity.
Why it matters
This study tested a Chinese version of the End-of-Life Care in Dementia scale with 170 caregivers from five nursing homes and found satisfactory to good reliability for its subscales. It is a preliminary reliability assessment of a measurement tool for palliative care research, not a treatment for dementia.
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26/100
Otępienie to zespół objawów wywołany postępującymi chorobami neurodegeneracyjnymi mózgu, które prowadzą do znacznego pogorszenia funkcji poznawczych, a w końcowym etapie do całkowitej zależności pacjenta od otoczenia.
Why it matters
This paper reviews key aspects of palliative care for people with advanced dementia, including symptom treatment, limited effectiveness of some interventions such as artificial enteral feeding, and the need for better care access and staff education. It is about end-of-life management, not treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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E-commerce continues its expansion, and most retail groups have opened online distribution channels in the French grocery market.
Why it matters
This study models how e-commerce affects grocery store choice and retail competition, not Alzheimer's disease, so it provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's. It found e-commerce led to a very small decrease in consumer surplus.
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Grocery stores are vital to the health and well-being of American citizens.
Why it matters
This paper offers safety recommendations for grocery store workers and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The aim of this paper is to examine the causes of food waste and potential prevention strategies from a grocery retail store owner’s perspective.
Why it matters
This interview study examined why grocery store owners try to avoid food waste and what strategies they use. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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26/100
Anticholinergic medications (ACh) are frequently prescribed to older adults despite being associated with impaired physical functioning.
Why it matters
Nearly one-third of older adults with dementia taking cholinesterase inhibitors were also prescribed anticholinergic drugs, and this concomitant use was linked to 18% more falls, 16% more fractures and 25% more traumatic brain injuries. The finding concerns avoiding a harmful drug combination that reduces the modest symptom-slowing effect of cholinesterase inhibitors, not curing or preventing dementia.
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The disease-related mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases is an emerging issue of global health in middle to high income countries.
Why it matters
This paper notes that dementia is among the chronic non-communicable diseases of concern for mortality in middle- to high-income countries, and that health risks have shifted over time. It discusses planning preventive strategies by region but reports no specific treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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The findings demonstrate five central negative conditions of precarity that older people had to manage: (a) loss and discontinuity of home-based healthcare services, (b) stress after loss or disruption of social support, (c) problems of poverty, (d) cognitive impairment and declining health and (e) stress of eviction.
Why it matters
This study describes negative conditions and sources of strength for older people facing precarity in South Louisiana, including cognitive impairment and declining health. It is about social support and services and does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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26/100
The fall caused a sprained wrist and significant bruising to her hip, and although her scrapes and bruises healed, she was left with an overwhelming fear of falling again.
Why it matters
This article describes risk factors for falls, such as reduced balance and muscle strength, and the fear of falling again. It does not report any findings on treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Currently 4 million Americans suffer from dementia.
Why it matters
This article describes the assessment and management of dementia in nursing home patients and the costs of their care. It provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease itself.
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The project exposes a discrepancy between the manner in which the nursing staff perceive use of restraints in an idealistic situation and in a realistic situation and the greater tendency to use restraints in the realistic situation than in the idealistic situation.
Why it matters
This project exposed a discrepancy between how nursing staff perceived use of restraints in an idealistic situation versus a realistic situation, with a greater tendency to use restraints in the realistic situation. It revealed a conflict between the personal beliefs of the nursing staff and their perceptions of institutional obligations.
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A theory-guided non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design was used to evaluateentry and passage variables related to nursing home adjustment for individuals with dementia.
Why it matters
This study found that better nursing home adjustment was linked to lower depression, but found no support for relationships with age, previous residence, gender, choice, length of stay, extent of dementia, or functional abilities. It also supports using Certified Nursing Assistant proxy responses as a reliable way to evaluate the experience of people with dementia who cannot speak for themselves.
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Small area estimates (SAEs) are increasingly used in public health to assess disease and health behavior prevalence rates at more local levels of geography, better informing public health decision-making and interventions.
Why it matters
This pilot project developed a method to estimate chronic disease prevalence at the ZIP code level in Missouri using a state health survey. It provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The subscription based business model has significantly expanded beyond digital services, deeply penetrating the e-grocery and food delivery sectors.
Why it matters
This bibliometric analysis covers food subscription business models, not Alzheimer's disease, so it provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's. It concludes that sustainable subscription models should rely on convenience and indirect benefits.
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25/100
This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic altered the sociologic, individual, and biologic personhood of residents living with dementia in nursing homes, guided by Buron’s (2008) Personhood Model for Dementia Care (PMDC).
Why it matters
This qualitative study describes how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affected personhood and caregiver stress in nursing home dementia care. It offers no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Dementia is a life-limiting condition and a leading cause of death in the UK and globally.
Why it matters
This paper describes the role nurses can play in supporting timely advance care planning conversations with people living with dementia. It is about end-of-life care planning, not treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The Ukiyo Project is a collaborative initiative between the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Guanajuato (Mexico), aimed at promoting emotional well-being and mental health in the university environment through art.
Why it matters
This art education project aimed to promote emotional well-being among university students and reports preliminary improvements in classroom climate and interaction. It is not a study of Alzheimer's disease and tests no treatment, cure, or prevention for it.
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25/100
My feels Victorian because it is There are people feels Victorian because of I am I know I am I still for the and I could have If I make something it will not feel like such a but I might not be able to make anything I to make both for the and the I have something when I am I feel so from my own life that it is like a that I am When it happens when I am I the if the students think I am when I am just being much of teaching is anyway. won't know I am not in the When it happens and I am it feels like I am enough to be by the of When it happens and I am with my it is It is like and for each other when is in the I do not want to be a for them.
Why it matters
This is a fragmented personal essay referencing Virginia Woolf and contains no scientific information about Alzheimer's disease. It offers nothing relevant to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's.
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Breast cancer is a disease in which cells, originating from the breast epithelium, grow out of control and form tumors.
Why it matters
This literature review examined links between breast cancer outcomes and environmental justice, health literacy and socioeconomic disparities in Florida. It provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Falls are an important event in a senior citizen's life, and offer the potential for significant morbidity and mortality.
Why it matters
This article describes how falls cause significant illness and death in older patients and lists medications, such as sedatives and certain antipsychotics, that increase fall risk. It notes that mild hyponatremia is associated with increased fall risk and that the Beers Criteria help identify medications that may be unsafe for older patients.
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Food is any substance, composed of carbohydrates, water, fats and proteins, which can be eaten or drunk by animals, including humans, for nutrition or pleasure.
Why it matters
This paper concerns food adulterants and food safety in a grocery store in India. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The most significant evidence for value added by WOC nurses was for QoL improvement and was further demonstrated through improved incontinence-specific outcomes.
Why it matters
This article reports that the strongest evidence for the value of WOC nurses was improved quality of life and incontinence-specific outcomes. It notes evidence suggesting that antimuscarinics and other anticholinergic agents may contribute to cognitive impairment in older adults and should be avoided or used with caution in this group.
From across this topic
10 of the 7,967 studies in this topic, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 10. The same 10 appear here every time.
- Patient and Physician Adherence in Hypertension Management
- Brain injury with diabetes mellitus: evidence, mechanisms and treatment implications
- The design and rationale of a multicenter clinical trial comparing two strategies for control of systolic blood pressure: the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
- Hospital Transfer Rates Among US Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Illness Before and After Initiatives to Reduce Hospitalizations
- Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study
- A rating scale for depression
- The prevalence and 3-year incidence of dementia in older Black and White community residents
- Awareness of deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: do MCI patients have impaired insight?
- Sleep disturbances increase the risk of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities