A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia

A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia

Abstract Background People with dementia progressively lose abilities and are prone to falling. Exercise- and activity-based interventions hold the prospect of increasing abilities, reducing falls, and slowing decline in cognition. Current falls prevention approaches are poorly suited to people with...

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Main Authors: Rowan H. Harwood, Veronika van der Wardt, Sarah E. Goldberg, Fiona Kearney, Pip Logan, Vicky Hood-Moore, Vicky Booth, Jennie E. Hancox, Tahir Masud, Zoe Hoare, Andrew Brand, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Carys Jones, Roshan das Nair, Kristian Pollock, Maureen Godfrey, John R. F. Gladman, Kavita Vedhara, Helen Smith, Martin Orrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Dementia
Activities of daily living
Therapeutic exercise
Occupational therapy
Physiotherapy
Falls
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-018-0239-y

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