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Persons with Alzheimer's disease perform daily activities using verbal-instruction technology: a maintenance
Giulio Lancioni1, Nirbhay Singh, Mark O'Reilly
1Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it
Objective:
To assess whether verbal-instruction technology could help persons with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease maintain their recaptured performance of daily activities.
Methods:
This study followed nine patients who had participated in previous studies aimed at helping them recapture one or more functional daily activities (i.e. table setting, coffee, tea or snack preparation, use of make-up and shaving). The plan was to follow each patient for at least 6 months after the intervention, unless his/her condition called for an earlier end of the study.
Results:
The study was interrupted after 5 months for two patients who developed serious behavioural problems and continued for 6-14 months for the other seven patients who had largely accurate performance with some adaptations of instructions/steps. Most patients also showed mood improvement during activity.
Conclusion:
Verbal-instruction technology might be considered a critical tool to help persons with Alzheimer's disease enhance their activity and mood.
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