International journal of geriatric psychiatry
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 2015
Visual rating and volumetric measurement of medial temporal atrophy in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort: baseline diagnosis and the prediction of MCI outcome.
This study aims to determine the clinical utility of visual ratings and volumetric measurements of medial temporal atrophy among subjects from the Alzheimer's Disease Neurorimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort. ⋯ Visual ratings of HPC and ERC provide useful information to a physician in a clinical setting. Visual ratings of ERC may be especially useful in following patients with MCI.
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 2015
From suffering to caring: a model of differences among older adults in levels of compassion.
Compassion is an important contributor to pro-social behavior and maintenance of interpersonal relationships, yet little is known about what factors influence compassion in late life. The aim of this study was to test theories about how past and current stressors and emotional functioning, resilience, and demographic indicators of life experiences are related to compassion among older adults. ⋯ Older women report more compassion than older men. Resilience and significant life events, independently, also appear to facilitate a desire to help others, while current stress and past and present emotional functioning are less relevant. Specificity of findings to older adults is not yet known.
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 2015
Service utilisation and family support of people with dementia: a cohort study in England.
This study aimed to compare costs of caring for people with dementia in domiciliary and residential settings, central England. ⋯ Caring for people with dementia at home may be more expensive, and more stressful for carers, than care in residential settings.