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

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 demen...

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Main Authors: Harwood, Rowan H., van der Wardt, Veronika, Goldberg, Sarah E., Keamey, Fiona, Logan, Pip, Hood-Moore, Victoria, Booth, Victoria, Hancox, Jennie E., Masud, Tahir, Hoare, Zoe, Brand, Andrew, Tudor Edwards, Rhiannon, Jones, Carys, das Nair, Roshan, Pollock, Kristian, Godfrey, Maureen, Gladman, John R.F., Vedhara, Kavita, Smith, Helen, Orrell, Martin
Format: Article
Published: Biomed Central 2018
Subjects:
Dementia; Activities of daily living; Therapeutic exercise; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Falls; Randomised controlled trial; Adherence; Economic evaluation; Process evaluation
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49866/

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