Summary: This paper describes training measures intended to improve interrater reliability (ICC) in a multicentre international study of Alzheimer's disease involving the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) and also describes the results of the ...
Abstract: Self-maintenance therapy (SMT) is a (neuro)psychologically-based rehabilitation method for people with dementia, especially those with Alzheimer's disease. The concept of SET was first described in this journal (Romero & Eder, 1992). The overall ...
What Protects Against Dementia?Abstract: Regarding the increasing number of people with dementia in the next decades and the limited possibilities in the treatment of this disease, prevention of dementia will get an increasing importance for the medicine ...
Emotion and Memory in Alzheimer's Disease: A ReviewAbstract: Aim of this review is to examine the interactions between emotion and memory in Alzheimer's disease and to discuss resources of these patients. On the basis of neuropathological findings in ...
Neuropsychological therapy in depressive patients with Alzheimer disease: Modification of cognitive behavioral therapy techniquesMajor depression occurs in approximately one third of patients with mild dementia, affecting life quality and everyday ...
Psychotherapy with Alzheimer disease patients: A challenge for neuropsychologistsCognitive, emotional and behavioral changes are highly interwoven in Alzheimer’s disease, due to progressive ubiquitous neurodegeneration. This complexity falls in the ...
In patients with dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) are frequent findings that accompany deficits caused by cognitive impairment and thus complicate diagnostics, therapy and care. BPSD are a burden both for affected ...
Visual Impairment Despite Normal Ophthalmological ExaminationAbstract. We report the case of a 65 year old woman with visual impairment for a few years and normal ophthalmological examination. Neuropsychological investigations revealed a complex agnosia ...
The oeuvre of Carolus Horn from an artistic and art therapeutic perspective - “an Alzheimer patient gets to the top”Abstract. Carolus Horn (1921-1992) was been a well-known advertising designer with a special gift ...
Art therapy with Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Specific Forming of Aspects and MethodologyAbstract. The article describes art therapeutic processes with polymorbid elderly patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...
Abstract: Spaced retrieval (SR) improves the learning capacity of patients with memory deficits, while evidence on its long-term and generalization to other untrained measures is quite inconsistent. This systematic review was to analyze ...