Dementia’s Growing Cost to Caregivers
April 29, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A recent RAND study offers some of the most comprehensive and credible estimates to date of the monetary costs of dementia in the United States.
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From the Pioneer Advisory Group: Can We Stop Dementia Before It Starts?
December 7, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Few diseases invoke more fear in patients and families than dementia (e.g., Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), progressive multiple sclerosis, Pick’s Disease). Surveys have shown the fear of dementia—especially AD—far outweighs concerns of a diagnosis of can ...
Satisfaction with Dementia Care
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examined caregiver-rated satisfaction for dementia patients in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) from 2007 to 2009.
Sniff Test Fails to Predict Alzheimer's Disease Risk
June 18, 2012 | Story
Do we really know the best way to test for Alzheimer's disease? A grantee's new research shows that there's more work to be done.
Addressing the Ethical, Policy, and Social Challenges of Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
October 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Clinicians now can diagnose Alzheimer's disease before the onset of debilitating cognitive impairment
Alzheimer’s Smell Test Not Ready for Prime Time
May 2, 2012 | News Release
Current research does not support the use of smell tests for predicting Alzheimer’s dementia, according to a comprehensive review by RWJF Clinical Scholars.
Testing Care Coordination for Veterans with Dementia
March 19, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at the Benjamin Rose Institute conducted a controlled research study of a Partners in Dementia Care intervention to reduce the use and cost of health care services and improve psychosocial outcomes for veterans and their families.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Alzheimer's Disease
March 12, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A fundamental task of medicine is stratifying people into clinically meaningful categories. The term “stratifying” describes how physicians divide the sick from the well and then divide the sick into different stages of disease. In other words, the ...
Preservation of the Capacity to Appoint a Proxy Decision Maker
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Alzheimers researchers face the ethical question of how to obtain consent from patients whose decision-making is impaired. This study compared the ability of Alzheimers patients to provide their own consent to their capacity to appoint a research proxy.
Pre-Clinical Alzheimer's Tests Pose Clinical and Ethical Challenges
October 13, 2011 | Story
An RWJF scholar offers advice on how to make the best use of the latest generation of diagnostic tools for people at risk for dementia caused by Alzheimer's Disease.