To test the effects of individual, nonfacilitated sessions with PARO (version 9), when compared against a look-alike plush toy and usual care, on the emotional and behavioral symptoms of dementia for people living in long-term care facilities.
Antipsychotics are widely and increasingly prescribed drugs. Initially introduced for schizophrenia, they are now used for a variety of diseases such as psychotic and affective disorders, personality and anxiety disorders. In recent years, they have...
Receiving a national award is an honor, but when that award leads to action, energy, heightened staff morale, team building, and improved quality of life, it becomes a movement. That is true of the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...
Long-term cognitive leisure activity programs that involve dancing or playing musical instruments may help improve memory and general cognitive function, according to a three-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial study in Japan.
PHOENIX — Recent hypertension research has provided few takeaways for the functionally impaired elderly — with the exception of the longitudinal Predictive Values of Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Institutionalized Very Aged Population (...
