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1993 Annual Report, Office For The Study Of Aging

Office for the Study of Aging: Alzheimer's Registry

The University of South Carolina, in cooperation with the SC Health and Human Services Finance Commission and the SC Department of Mental Health, maintains a statewide registry of SC residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. The registry is located in the James F. Byrnes Medical Center. All cases are identified by a medical records search; inclusion in the registry is voluntary. The goals of the registry include:

• reporting annual prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders by demographic characteristics;

• providing data to public agencies for planning purposes; and

• fostering research into the risk factors …

Response Consistency On Semantic Memory Tasks In Senile Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type, Darrin N. J Sawchuk

Theses and Dissertations

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Gender Differences In Dementia Management Plans Of Spousal Caregivers: Implications For Occupational Therapy., Mary A. Corcoran

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

Occupational therapists treating older people with Alzheimer disease know that they must also consider the others who are affected by the disease, the informal caregivers. Intervention is most effective when it enables both the impaired person and the primary caregiver to manage the secondary symptoms of dementia. Unfortunately, little is understood about how caregivers approach and carry out their tasks and about why male and female caregivers respond differently to their caregiving role in terms of depression, burden, stress, and substance abuse. This paper discusses the effects of gender on dementia management plans of spousal caregivers. Husbands and wives have …

Dementia Management: An Occupational Therapy Home-Based Intervention For Caregivers., Mary A. Corcoran, Laura N. Gitlin

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

This paper describes an occupational therapy intervention designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. The intervention, based on the framework of a competence-environmental press model and the principle of collaboration, was implemented during 5 home visits. Each visit was designed to build caregiving skills through collaboration in identifying problem areas, developing and implementing environmental strategies, and modifying management approaches. A case vignette illustrates the therapeutic process and outcomes. The theoretical rationale and structure of the intervention and innovative documentation for evaluation of the theoretic process are also presented.

1992 Annual Report, Office For The Study Of Aging

Office for the Study of Aging: Alzheimer's Registry

The Statewide Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Registry is a voluntary effort to record specific information about South Carolinians who develop Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. This effort was established in April, 1988, with a $200,000 grant from the American Health Assistance Foundation and matching funds from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Finance Commission. Supplemental funding was obtained from the Association of Schools of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control. In-kind support was provided from a consortium of public and private agencies. The registry is housed in the Health Sciences Building of the School …

1991 Annual Report, Office For The Study Of Aging

Office for the Study of Aging: Alzheimer's Registry

The Statewide Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Registry is a voluntary effort to record specific information about South Carolinians who develop Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. This effort was established in April, 1988, with a $200,000 grant from the American Health Assistance Foundation and matching funds from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Finance Commission. Supplemental funding was obtained from the Association of Schools of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control. In-kind support was provided from a consortium of public and private agencies. The registry is housed in the Health Sciences Building of the School …

1990 Annual Report, Office For The Study Of Aging

Office for the Study of Aging: Alzheimer's Registry

The Statewide Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Registry is a voluntary statewide effort to record specific information about South Carolinians who develop AD and related disorders. This effort was established in April, 1988, with a $200,000 grant from the American Health Assistance Foundation. This initial award was matched with funds from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Finance Commission, and supplemental funding was obtained from the Association of Schools of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control. In addition, in-kind support was received from a consortium of public and private agencies. The registry is housed in …

Dementia In Stroke Survivors In The Stroke Data Bank Cohort: Prevalence, Incidence, Risk Factors, And Computed Tomographic Findings, Thomas K. Tatemichi, Mary A. Foulkes, J. P. Mohr, Jeffrey R. Hewitt, Daniel B. Hier, Thomas R. Price, Philip A. Wolf

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

We Determined the Prevalence of Dementia in 927 Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Aged ≥60 Years in the Stroke Data Bank Cohort based on the Examining Neurologist's Best Judgment Diagnostic Agreement among Examiners Was 68% (K=0.34). of 726 Testable Patients, 116 (16%) Were Demented. Prevalence of Dementia Was Related to Age But Not to Sex, Race, Handedness, Educational Level, or Employment Status Before the Stroke. Previous Stroke and Previous Myocardial Infarction Were Related to Prevalence of Dementia Although Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Atrial Fibrillation, and Previous Use of Antithrombotic Drugs Were Not Prevalence of Dementia Was Most Frequent in Patients with …