Summary: The concept of psychiatric day hospitals for the elderly is becoming increasingly popular in Germany. However, studies on the quality of treatment in gerontopsychiatric day hospitals are not available. Parameters suited for a quality assessment ...
The Intercultural Measuring of Quality of Life in the Elderly: The WHOQOL-OLD ProjectAbstract: The WHOQOL-OLD is an international cooperation of 22 research centres under the sponsorship of the WHO for the development of an intercultural instrument for ...
Abstract: The sense of coherence (SOC) is a central concept in Antonovsky's salutogenesis model. This global orientation determines how effectively an elderly person is able to activate proper generalized resistance resources (GRRs) for his or her health ...
Quality of Life of Older Caregivers of Demented RelativesAbstract: Within the WHOQOL-OLD project quality of life (QoL) of both older dementia caregivers and older noncaregivers (60 years and older) was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF and the new module ...
Self-Reported Cognitive Functioning and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentAbstract: In a surveillance study, 2001 patients with clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment were examined before and into 12 weeks of ...
Zusammenfassung: In dieser Fallbeschreibung wird sowohl die psychologische und neuropsychologische Betreuung eines Patienten mit der Diagnose Morbus Pick als auch die Begleitung seiner Angehörigen dargestellt. Der Verdacht einer frontotemporalen ...Case Study: Psychological Interventions with Morbus PickAbstract: In this case description the psychological and neuropsychological support of both, a patient diagnosed with the Morbus Pick disease, and his relatives, are embodied. The suspicion of ...
«For Better or for Worse ...» Differences and Similarities of Caring Spouses and Other Family Caregivers in the German Survey of the Project EUROFAMCAREThe vast majority of older people in need for care are cared-for by their relatives, mostly children ...
Psychosocial «Tandem Groups»: Evaluation of Social Therapeutic Tandem Groups, Offering Early Support to Patients Suffering from Dementia and their Relatives in Regard to Coping with Illness and Everyday LifeThis evaluation study of social therapeutic ...
Qualification Measures to Improve the Quality of Life of Dementia Patients by Supporting the Communication and Cooperation in Ambulant Care (Quadem)The Project Quadem is an innovative psychosocial intervention in which professional, family and volunteer ...
Quality of life (QOL) is increasingly being suggested as a crucial outcome variable for interventions that aim to maintain or improve health and psychological resources in old age. Currently, two main approaches to measuring QOL can be distinguished: (1) ...
Abstract. Apathy is a diminished goal-directed behavior stemming from a lack of motivation. It is one of the most common symptoms in dementia. While the Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) has proved to be a psychometrically robust measure for assessing apathy, ...
Abstract. Research on aging in different domains largely focuses on age-related decrements or intervention-related improvements, often in controlled laboratory conditions or with psychometric tests of maximum ability or traits. This special issue on ...
Abstract. To date, few studies have focused on perceived overprotection from the perspective of people with dementia (PwD). In the present examination, the association of perceived overprotection in PwD is examined as an autonomy-...