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Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about how family caregivers who witness unexpected and spontaneous communication among people in late stages of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) appraise these episodes of lucidity (EL). METHODS: In an electronic, cross‐sectional survey for former a...

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Autores principales: Griffin, Joan M., Kim, Kyungmin, Gaugler, Joseph E., Biggar, Virginia S., Frangiosa, Theresa, Bangerter, Lauren R., Batthyany, Alexander, Finnie, Dawn M., Lapid, Maria I.
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9219100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35775022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12313
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author Griffin, Joan M.
Kim, Kyungmin
Gaugler, Joseph E.
Biggar, Virginia S.
Frangiosa, Theresa
Bangerter, Lauren R.
Batthyany, Alexander
Finnie, Dawn M.
Lapid, Maria I.
author_facet Griffin, Joan M.
Kim, Kyungmin
Gaugler, Joseph E.
Biggar, Virginia S.
Frangiosa, Theresa
Bangerter, Lauren R.
Batthyany, Alexander
Finnie, Dawn M.
Lapid, Maria I.
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description INTRODUCTION: Little is known about how family caregivers who witness unexpected and spontaneous communication among people in late stages of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) appraise these episodes of lucidity (EL). METHODS: In an electronic, cross‐sectional survey for former and current caregivers who participate in UsAgainstAlzheimer's A‐LIST(®), participants who reported witnessing an EL were asked how positive and stressful ELs were, if they made or changed decisions based on an EL, and what resources they sought out to explain ELs. RESULTS: Caregivers reported 72% of ELs to be quite a bit or very positive, 17% to be stressful, and 10% to be both stressful and positive. Twelve percent of caregivers changed care plans because of ELs and 13% sought out information about ELs. DISCUSSION: These exploratory data suggest caregiver reactions to EL vary. Caregivers may change or postpone care decisions due to EL, and few resources exist to address caregiver queries about EL.
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spelling pubmed-92191002022-06-29 Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias Griffin, Joan M. Kim, Kyungmin Gaugler, Joseph E. Biggar, Virginia S. Frangiosa, Theresa Bangerter, Lauren R. Batthyany, Alexander Finnie, Dawn M. Lapid, Maria I. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) Diversity, Disease Heterogeneity and Symptom Variability INTRODUCTION: Little is known about how family caregivers who witness unexpected and spontaneous communication among people in late stages of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) appraise these episodes of lucidity (EL). METHODS: In an electronic, cross‐sectional survey for former and current caregivers who participate in UsAgainstAlzheimer's A‐LIST(®), participants who reported witnessing an EL were asked how positive and stressful ELs were, if they made or changed decisions based on an EL, and what resources they sought out to explain ELs. RESULTS: Caregivers reported 72% of ELs to be quite a bit or very positive, 17% to be stressful, and 10% to be both stressful and positive. Twelve percent of caregivers changed care plans because of ELs and 13% sought out information about ELs. DISCUSSION: These exploratory data suggest caregiver reactions to EL vary. Caregivers may change or postpone care decisions due to EL, and few resources exist to address caregiver queries about EL. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9219100/ /pubmed/35775022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12313 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring published by Wiley Periodicals, LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Diversity, Disease Heterogeneity and Symptom Variability
Griffin, Joan M.
Kim, Kyungmin
Gaugler, Joseph E.
Biggar, Virginia S.
Frangiosa, Theresa
Bangerter, Lauren R.
Batthyany, Alexander
Finnie, Dawn M.
Lapid, Maria I.
Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title_full Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title_fullStr Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title_full_unstemmed Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title_short Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
title_sort caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late‐stage alzheimer's disease or related dementias
topic Diversity, Disease Heterogeneity and Symptom Variability
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9219100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35775022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12313
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