scholarly journals Musical Features and Affective Responses to Personalized Playlists in People With Probable Dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Garrido ◽  
Catherine J. Stevens ◽  
Esther Chang ◽  
Laura Dunne ◽  
Janette Perz
Keyword(s):  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Factorial Experiment ◽  
Slow Mode ◽  
Affective Outcome ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Depressor Anguli Oris

Objectives: Personalized music playlists are increasingly being utilized in aged care settings. This study aims to investigate how musical features influence the affective response to music of people with probable dementia. Methods: A factorial experiment (2 × 2 × 3) was conducted to investigate the influence of tempo (fast, slow), mode (major, minor), and lyrics (none, negative, positive). Ninety-nine people with probable dementia were randomly assigned to 3 conditions, listening to 3 personalized playlists. Galvanic skin response and activation of facial action units were measured. Results: Music with fast tempos increased arousal and reduced enjoyment. Music in minor keys increased activation of the depressor anguli oris, suggesting increased sadness. Lyrics had no significant effect on response. Discussion: The findings demonstrate that both tempo and mode influenced the response of the listener. As well as accounting for personal preferences, music for people with dementia should be carefully targeted toward the affective outcome desired.

User Stress Modeling through Galvanic Skin Response

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahad Ahmed Satti ◽  
Musarrat Hussain ◽  
Jamil Hussain ◽  
Tae-Seong Kim ◽  
Sungyoung Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Stress Modeling ◽  
Skin Response

scholarly journals Inadequate completion of advance care directives by individuals with dementia: national audit of health and aged care facilities

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2020-002767
Author(s):  
Jamie Bryant ◽  
Marcus Sellars ◽  
Craig Sinclair ◽  
Karen Detering ◽  
Kimberly Buck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Residential Aged Care ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Advance Care Directives ◽  
Advance Care

Objectives(i) Describe the prevalence and type of advance care directives (ACDs) and other advance care planning (ACP) documentation completed by persons with dementia, healthcare providers and others on behalf of a person with dementia; (ii) identify the personal and ACP programme characteristics associated with having ACP documentation in the health record; (iii) identify the personal and ACP programme characteristics associated with having a self-completed ACD.MethodsA multicentre audit was undertaken in Australian hospitals, general practices and residential aged care facilities. Auditors extracted demographic and ACP data from the records of eligible patients. ACP programme characteristics were provided by a site representative. Logistic and multinomial regression were used respectively to examine the factors associated with completion of any ACP documentation, and self-completion of an ACD by persons with dementia.ResultsA total of 1388 people with dementia (33.2%) from 96 sites were included. Overall, 60.8% (n=844) had ACP documentation; 31.6% (n=438) had a self-completed ACD and 29.3% (n=406) had an ACP document completed by a health professional or someone else on their behalf. Older participants were more likely to have ACP documented. Multivariate analyses indicated the odds of having self-completed ACP documents, compared with no advance care plan or ACP completed by someone else, were significantly influenced by age, country of birth, setting and whether the site had ACP training, policies or guidelines.DiscussionWhile 60% of people with dementia had some form of ACP documentation, only half of the cases in which ACP was documented included an ACD completed by the person themselves.

An economical, easily recordable galvanic skin response apparatus

1972 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-630
Author(s):  
Al Yonovitz ◽  
Anand Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
Skin Response

scholarly journals Diet, nutrients and metabolism: cogs in the wheel driving Alzheimer's disease pathology?

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (10) ◽  
pp. 1499-1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhona Creegan ◽  
Wendy Hunt ◽  
Alexandra McManus ◽  
Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Stage Disease ◽  
Custodial Care ◽  
Global Statistics ◽  
End Stage

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease that manifests clinically as a slow global decline in cognitive function, including deterioration of memory, reasoning, abstraction, language and emotional stability, culminating in a patient with end-stage disease, totally dependent on custodial care. With a global ageing population, it is predicted that there will be a marked increase in the number of people diagnosed with AD in the coming decades, making this a significant challenge to socio-economic policy and aged care. Global estimates put a direct cost for treating and caring for people with dementia at $US604 billion, an estimate that is expected to increase markedly. According to recent global statistics, there are 35·6 million dementia sufferers, the number of which is predicted to double every 20 years, unless strategies are implemented to reduce this burden. Currently, there is no cure for AD; while current therapies may temporarily ameliorate symptoms, death usually occurs approximately 8 years after diagnosis. A greater understanding of AD pathophysiology is paramount, and attention is now being directed to the discovery of biomarkers that may not only facilitate pre-symptomatic diagnosis, but also provide an insight into aberrant biochemical pathways that may reveal potential therapeutic targets, including nutritional ones. AD pathogenesis develops over many years before clinical symptoms appear, providing the opportunity to develop therapy that could slow or stop disease progression well before any clinical manifestation develops.

A SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING BOTH TRUE AND FALSE FEEDBACK OF THE GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE

1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-370
Author(s):  
Roland Borrey ◽  
William W. Grings ◽  
Beverlee J. Longstreet
Keyword(s):  
Galvanic Skin Response ◽  
False Feedback ◽  
Skin Response

scholarly journals How, why and under what circumstances does a quality improvement collaborative build knowledge and skills in clinicians working with people with dementia? A realist informed process evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e001147
Author(s):  
Lenore de la Perrelle ◽  
Monica Cations ◽  
Gaery Barbery ◽  
Gorjana Radisic ◽  
Billingsley Kaambwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Quality Improvement Collaborative ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
People With Dementia

In increasingly constrained health and aged care services, strategies are needed to improve quality and translate evidence into practice. In dementia care, recent failures in quality and safety have led the WHO to prioritise the translation of known evidence into practice. While quality improvement collaboratives have been widely used in healthcare, there are few examples in dementia care.We describe a recent quality improvement collaborative to improve dementia care across Australia and assess the implementation outcomes of acceptability and feasibility of this strategy to translate known evidence into practice. A realist-informed process evaluation was used to analyse how, why and under what circumstances a quality improvement collaborative built knowledge and skills in clinicians working in dementia care.This realist-informed process evaluation developed, tested and refined the programme theory of a quality improvement collaborative. Data were collected pre-intervention and post-intervention using surveys and interviews with participants (n=28). A combined inductive and deductive data analysis process integrated three frameworks to examine the context and mechanisms of knowledge and skill building in participant clinicians.A refined program theory showed how and why clinicians built knowledge and skills in quality improvement in dementia care. Six mechanisms were identified: motivation, accountability, identity, collective learning, credibility and reflective practice. These mechanisms, in combination, operated to overcome constraints, role boundaries and pessimism about improved practice in dementia care.A quality improvement collaborative designed for clinicians in different contexts and roles was acceptable and feasible in building knowledge, skills and confidence of clinicians to improve dementia care. Supportive reflective practice and a credible, flexible and collaborative process optimised quality improvement knowledge and skills in clinicians working with people with dementia.Trial registration numberACTRN12618000268246.

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