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[From A Report on Alzheimer's Disease and Current Research by Dr. Jack Diamond, scientific director of the Alzheimer Society of Canada]
Social/Psychological Research
The Alzheimer Society Research Program provides equal financial support to Biomedical and Social/Psychological research. The Society and its partners support biomedical research projects in essentially all the areas already discussed in this Research Report. And, while most of the present account focuses on biomedical research, it was felt that the reader would appreciate knowing the range of Society-funded social/psychological research. To this end here is a selection of social/psychological research projects presently or recently funded by the Society.
- Role of home care in dementia care
- Development of an assessment tool for estimating
dementia caregiver resources, vulnerabilities and
homecare needs
- A process-oriented approach to memory training in older adults in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment:
Behavioural and preliminary neuroimaging results
- Determining effective cueing strategies used by caregivers with people with Alzheimer's disease
- Day centres and how successful they are in improving
quality of life
- How to deal with the issue of using restraints
- How to assess the risks of elderly people living alone
- Do dangerous interactions occur between commonly used
herbal and conventional medications?
- Should disturbed sleep in people with Alzheimer's disease
be treated differently from that in normal people?
- What technology exists that could assist people with
memory problems?
- Can music be a successful source of relaxation for people
with Alzheimer's disease?
[The contents of this page are provided for information purposes only and do not represent advice, an endorsement or a recommendation, with respect to any product, service or enterprise, and/or the claims and properties thereof, by the Alzheimer Society of Canada. The information contained in this report was current at the time of printing, November 2006.]
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