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Transcultural perspectives
Is there a pre-MCI stage? – subjective cognitive impairment
Chapter 3 Alzheimer’s disease: the African American story
Incidence of dementia and AD in African Americans
The role of education in risk for AD in African Americans
The genetics of AD in African Americans
Chapter 4A Vascular cognitive impairment: The syndrome of vascular cognitive impairment: current concepts
Pattern of cognitive deficit in vascular dementia
Lesion volume (or number)
Multiple types and etiologies of vascular dementia
Inclusion of post-stroke dementia
Chapter 4B Debate: is vascular dementia more common in some parts of the world?
Chapter 5A Cross-cultural issues of global significance: Infections and dementia: the view from a developing nation
HIV-associated dementia/AIDS dementia complex
Neurological opportunistic complications of HIV infection
Chapter 5B Cross-cultural issues of global significance: Nutrition and dementia: where is the nexus?
n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
Chapter 6A Assessment: The experience of assessing cognition across cultures
Chapter 6B Assessment: Assessing behavior in dementia across cultures
Terminology and definition
Descriptions of specific behavioral symptoms and their cross-cultural implications
Apathy and other motivational syndromes
Behavioral features of major dementia and MCI
Vascular dementia(VaD) in Asia
Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD)
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Chapter 7A Psychosocial factors: Quality of life in dementia: global perspective and transcultural issues
Assessment of quality of life
Why assess quality of life?
QoL in dementia: conceptual issues
Neuropsychiatric symptoms
Review of key QoL instruments in dementia
The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL)
The Quality of Life-AD (QoL-AD)
The Community Dementia QoL Profile (CDQLP)
The ADRQL (Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Quality of Life) Instrument
Cognitively Impaired Life Quality Scale (CILQ)
Quality of Life Assessment Schedule (QoLAS)
Dementia-specific cross-cultural issues
Cross-cultural research: methodological issues
Key issues in dementia-specific transcultural research
Transcultural QoL research in dementia: summary of key themes
Attitudes to aging, decline in cognitive capacities, and dementia
Differences in care and service offered
Psychometric scales and screening instruments
Chapter 7B Psychosocial factors: Caregiving for dementia: global perspectives and transcultural issues
Impact of caring on caregivers
Caregiver education and training: empowering the caregiver
Chapter 7C Psychosocial factors: Care arrangements for patients with dementia: China
Epidemiology of dementia in Chinese populations
Aging in China: sociodemography
Care arrangements for dementia: mainland China
Specialist care for dementia
Primary care for dementia
Care arrangements for dementia: Hong Kong
Community and residential care
Public education and advocacy
Care arrangements for dementia: the future
Chapter 8A Service delivery and management: Dementia services: developing rural and remote services
Chapter 8B Service delivery and management: Non-pharmacological approaches: patient-centered approaches
Non-pharmacological patient-centered approaches
Therapeutic activities and creative arts therapies
Scheduling activities of daily life
Reminiscence and life review
Individual case management
Chapter 9A The clinical approach to the person with dementia: Peru (South America)
Chapter 9B The clinical approach to the person with dementia: Nigeria
Examination and investigation
Chapter 9C The clinical approach to the person with dementia: Australia
Geography, demography, and government structure
Health and aged care services in Australia
Detection, assessment, and diagnosis
Management of cognitive impairment in dementia
Management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
The care of the patient with advanced dementia
Chapter 9D The clinical approach to the person with dementia The United States of America
The number of patients with dementia will increase
Dementia is under-recognized
Medicare and Medicaid fund most direct care costs of dementia care
Academic medical centers rely on advanced technology and combined treatment regimens
Disease-modifying agents may reshape dementia care in the USA
Chapter 9E The clinical approach to the person with dementia Japan
Present situation concerning nursing care for the elderly following implementation of the long-term care insurance
Policies and measures for the establishment of nursing care that maintains dignity
Chapter 9F The clinical approach to the person with dementia: China
Approach to patients with dementia I: the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong
Approach to patients with dementia II: in the China mainland
National level (not applicable to Hong Kong)
Beijing, Shanghai, and other major coastal cities
Chapter 10A Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organizations: Alzheimer’s Disease International
Influencing policy makers
Examples of national campaigns
Chapter 10B Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organizations: Perspectives from a developing nation
Awareness in the community
Role of nonon-governmental organizations
11 The contribution of cross-cultural research to dementia care and policy: an overview, focusing on the work of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group
The validity of dementia diagnosis across cultures
The development and validation of the 10/66 dementia diagnosis
The validity of 10/66 dementia compared with that of DSM-IV dementia
The prevalence of dementia
The Lancet/ADI estimates of the global prevalence of dementia
The 10/66 Dementia Research Group prevalence studies
The World Alzheimer Report: new estimates of global prevalence of dementia
Care arrangements and carer strain
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
The impact of dementia relative to that of other chronic diseases
Awareness of dementia in LAMIC
Service development and evaluation
Dementia
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