Background Cognitive stimulation (CS) is an intervention for people with dementia offering a
range of enjoyable activities providing general stimulation for thinking, concentration and …

Background: Caring for and caring about people with dementia require specific
communication skills. Healthcare professionals and family caregivers usually receive little …

Clearly written, comprehensive coverage of psychiatric mental-health nursing delivers what
nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Its evidence-based …

BackgroundA recent Cochrane review of reality orientation therapy identified the need for
large, well-designed, multi-centre trials. AimsTo test the hypothesis that cognitive stimulation …

Memory difficulties are a defining feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with significant
implications for people with AD and family members. Interventions aimed at hel** with …

Cognitive stimulation is a psychological intervention widely used in dementia care, which
offers a range of activities for people with dementia and provides general stimulation of …

It is increasingly recognised that pharmacological treatments for dementia should be used
as a second-line approach and that non-pharmacological options should, in best practice …

Cognitive rehabilitation therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are becoming more readily
available to the geriatric population in an attempt to curb the insidious decline in cognitive …

Background Validation therapy was developed by Naomi Feil between 1963 and 1980 for
older people with cognitive impairments. Initially, this did not include those with organically …

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is defined as an intermediate state between normal
cognitive aging and dementia. It describes a status of the subjective impression of cognitive …