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Daily functioning and dementia

Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning. It is consistently agreed that cognitive impairment is an important risk factor for developing functional d...

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Autores principales: Cipriani, Gabriele, Danti, Sabrina, Picchi, Lucia, Nuti, Angelo, Fiorino, Mario Di
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7304278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32595877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-020001
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author Cipriani, Gabriele
Danti, Sabrina
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Nuti, Angelo
Fiorino, Mario Di
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description Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning. It is consistently agreed that cognitive impairment is an important risk factor for developing functional disabilities in patients with dementia. Functional status can be conceptualized as the ability to perform self-care, self- maintenance and physical activity. A person with dementia usually requires help with more complex tasks, such as managing bills and finances, or simply maintaining a household. Good functional performance is fundamental for elderly people to maintain independency and avoid institutionalization. The purpose of this review is to describe functional changes in demented patients, evaluating the variability in subgroups of dementias.
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spelling pubmed-73042782020-06-26 Daily functioning and dementia Cipriani, Gabriele Danti, Sabrina Picchi, Lucia Nuti, Angelo Fiorino, Mario Di Dement Neuropsychol Views & Reviews Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning. It is consistently agreed that cognitive impairment is an important risk factor for developing functional disabilities in patients with dementia. Functional status can be conceptualized as the ability to perform self-care, self- maintenance and physical activity. A person with dementia usually requires help with more complex tasks, such as managing bills and finances, or simply maintaining a household. Good functional performance is fundamental for elderly people to maintain independency and avoid institutionalization. The purpose of this review is to describe functional changes in demented patients, evaluating the variability in subgroups of dementias. Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7304278/ /pubmed/32595877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-020001 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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