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2. Geriatric psychology - Wikipedia

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   A meta-analysis and systematic review of 16 studies found that initially dementia-free older adults had a significantly increased risk of developing dementia when experiencing extreme levels of loneliness. The study also concluded that loneliness led to lower cognitive abilities and a rapid decline in cognition. [9]

3. Psychological therapies for dementia - Wikipedia

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   Design draft for a reality orientation board used to help people with dementia or in post-operative delirium. The aim of cognition-oriented treatments, which include reality orientation and cognitive retraining is the restoration of cognitive deficits. Reality orientation consists in the presentation of information about time, place or person ...

4. Dementia caregiving - Wikipedia

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   A research program looked at how to improve care for people with dementia living at home. They identified priorities for action: the importance of early clinical assessment (rather than using pads); promoting continence through a balanced diet, exercise, and hand hygiene; encouraging and helping toilet use; and a sensitive management of ...

5. Researchers Just Found Another Dementia Risk Factor ... - AOL

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   The researchers discovered that people aged 50 and up with obstructive sleep apnea had a higher chance—up to five percent higher—of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.

6. Montessori-Based Dementia Programming - Wikipedia

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   This method of helping persons with dementia and other memory impairments was shown to be effective in a number of different contexts. These include long-term care, assisted living, independent living and home-based care. It is also used in intergenerational programming where memory impaired older adults and young children participate together ...

7. Geriatric psychiatry - Wikipedia

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   The geropsychiatric unit, the term for a hospital-based geriatric psychiatry program, was first introduced in 1984 by Norman White MD, when he opened New England's first specialized program at a community hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire. White is a pioneer in geriatric psychiatry, being among the first psychiatrists nationally to achieve ...