Isolation and the Symptoms of Chronic Brain Syndrome

Ernst, Philip; Beran, Barbara; Safford, Frances; Kleinhauz, Moris

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“…Numerous studies have found similar treatment effects on cognitive and other domains (Backman, 1992;Ernst, Beran, Scafford, & Kleinhauz, 1978;Lord & Garner, 1993;Maloney & Daily, 1986;Paire & Karney, 1984), which emphasizes the potential of cognitive training for adults with dementia. For instance, Camp and colleagues (Camp, Foss, Stevens, Reichard, McKitrick, & O'Hanlon, 1993;Camp & McKitrick, 1992) found that adults with Alzheimer's disease could be trained to store new information in their long-term memory using a technique called spaced-retrieval method.…”

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Montessori Improved Cognitive Domains in Adults with Alzheimer's Disease

Vance

Johns

2002

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

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Montessori materials were used in two adult day-care centers to slow cognitive decline in adults with Alzheimer's disease. Using a within-subject design, participants in one adult day care received three months of the Montessori materials, then standard intervention later. Participants were administered a battery of cognitive measures at baseline, three months, and six months. Favorable scores for the Montessori condition were significant with the subscales of the Ordinal Scale of Psychological Development-Modified (total, object permanence, means-ends), Dementia Rating Scale (total, attention, concept, memory), Parachek Geriatric Behavior Rating Scale (social behavior), and the Wechsler Memory Scale (digit forward). Montessori materials appeared instrumental in positively influencing basic cognitive abilities of attention, object permanence, and social behavior.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 79%

Montessori Improved Cognitive Domains in Adults with Alzheimer's Disease

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Johns

2002

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

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“…Even if a person with dementia forgets the content of the meeting, she or he may well recall being included and taken seriously. Indeed, conjoint meetings can reduce the isolation considered by Ernst et al (1978) to be so devastating to psychological functioning, and family therapy proponents are likely to see the interaction with and around an older adult with dementia as crucial in understanding a family's systemic functioning (Bonjean, 1987).…”

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Working with older adults and their families – a review

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Gilleard²,

Lieberman³

et al. 1994

Journal of Family Therapy

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This paper discusses family work with older adults by exploring some of the related literature published since Herr and Weakland's work in 1979, and compares psychoeducational and systems-based approaches to work with later life families. Issues of bias and omissions in the existing literature, and the definition of family therapy with this client group are raised. Areas for future research are indicated.

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“…Helping professionals working in the field of aging, either in program planning or provision of direct services to older persons, must be sensitive to the potentially harmful effects that social isolation may have for affected members of this client population. Research has shown that relationships exist between the physical and mental health of older people and the amount and quality of their social network relationships (Cohen, Holmes, & Holmes, 1985;Ernst, Beran, Safford, & Kleinhauz, 1978;Rumsey & Justice, 1982). Furthermore, the level and quality of older persons' social activities and social interactions have been shown to be related to their subjective sense of well-being (Larson, 1978).…”

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Interaction and Loneliness: A Dimensional Analysis of the Social Isolation of a Sample of Older Southern Adults

Kaufman

Adams

1987

J Appl Gerontol

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This study, using data drawn from a sample of 1,879 older Mississippians, demonstrates that social isolation is both complex and multidimensional in nature. Interaction with relatives, feelings of loneliness, and interaction with friends and neighbors composed the three primary dimensions underlying the varying patterns of social isolation found among study respondents. Study findings suggest that certain groups of older people are at greater risk than others of experiencing the potentially harmful effects of social isolation and that human service practitioners must consider the various dimensions of social isolation when designing interventive strategies that attempt to combat the causes or consequences of this psychosocial phenomenon. Social IsolationResearchers who have examined the phenomenon of social isolation have demonstrated its complexity and multidimensionality (Bennett). Such researchers have generally focused their studies on one or more of the following three areas: structural attributes of individuals' social networks; interactional patterns existing between individuals and members of their social networks; and psychological consequences of the varying structural and interactional qualities of individuals' social network relations.In reviewing the literature on this subject, it quickly becomes apparent that there is a general lack of agreement among researchers at UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL on June 7, 2015 jag.sagepub.com Downloaded from

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Isolation and the Symptoms of Chronic Brain Syndrome

Cited by 28 publications

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Montessori Improved Cognitive Domains in Adults with Alzheimer's Disease

Montessori Improved Cognitive Domains in Adults with Alzheimer's Disease

Working with older adults and their families – a review

Interaction and Loneliness: A Dimensional Analysis of the Social Isolation of a Sample of Older Southern Adults

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