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Arlene A Schmid1, Carrie Spangler-Morris2, Rachel C Beauchamp3, Miranda C Wellington4, Whitney M Hayden3, Hannah S Porterfield3, Denisha Ferguson5, Christopher M Callahan6.
Abstract
There is no way to prevent functional declines related to Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The use of occupational therapy (OT) has been shown to be successful in managing some aspects of AD. We added home-based OT to evidence-based best practice for AD with the aim of delaying functional decline in people with AD. OT was delivered in the home to a caregiver dyad including the person with AD and her/his caregiver. This paper describes the OT intervention for the AD Multiple Intervention Trial, a parallel randomized controlled trial. We include baseline data on the 180 caregiver dyads.Entities:
Keywords: Alzheimer’s Disease; dementia; functional decline; occupational therapy
Year: 2015 PMID: 26997685 PMCID: PMC4796755 DOI: 10.1080/0164212X.2014.1002963
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Occup Ther Ment Health ISSN: 0164-212X