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Providing Services To Family Caregivers At Home: Challenges And Recommendations For Health And Human Service Professions, Susan Toth-Cohen, Laura N. Gitlin, Mary Corcoran, Susan Eckhardt, Pamalyn Kearney, Rosalyn Lipsitt Jan 2001

Providing Services To Family Caregivers At Home: Challenges And Recommendations For Health And Human Service Professions, Susan Toth-Cohen, Laura N. Gitlin, Mary Corcoran, Susan Eckhardt, Pamalyn Kearney, Rosalyn Lipsitt

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

The home represents a relatively new arena for practice for most service providers, especially those working with families of persons with dementia. This article describes four key factors to consider when working with caregivers of persons with dementia in their homes. The authors also discuss seven common challenges of service provision in the home and recommend strategies for addressing these challenges.


Antioxidant Status, Lipid Peroxidation Products And Cystatin C As Potential Clinical Markers Of Alzheimer's Disease In Systemic Circulation, Ayşegül Akbay Yarpuzlu, Çi̇ğdem Aydemi̇r, Selda Demi̇rtaş, Engi̇n Turan Tuncer, Orhan Canpolat, Yasemi̇n Genç Jan 2001

Antioxidant Status, Lipid Peroxidation Products And Cystatin C As Potential Clinical Markers Of Alzheimer's Disease In Systemic Circulation, Ayşegül Akbay Yarpuzlu, Çi̇ğdem Aydemi̇r, Selda Demi̇rtaş, Engi̇n Turan Tuncer, Orhan Canpolat, Yasemi̇n Genç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Growing data suggest oxidative stress contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The objective of this study was to assess the value of antioxidant potential (AOP), antioxidant status (AOS) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and the cysteine protease inhibitor Cystatin C that plays a role in the processing of amyloid _ as clinical markers of AD in peripheral circulation and to find out the agreement limits of AOP and AOS as clinical laboratory tests. To do this, 21 severely demented patients fitting the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's type dementia as well as through minimental state examination were …