EMMA: Art Therapy Illustrating Personal and Universal Images of Loss

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Mango
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Medical Unit

This case study examines a body of art work produced by Emma, a geriatric client admitted to a psychiatric ward for what appeared to be symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. On the ward, Emma attended art therapy groups, where she spontaneously created metaphors of loss. Her art work showed many similarities to art work produced by cancer patients. After a three-month stay on the psychiatric ward, Emma was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. She was transferred to a medical unit where she died three weeks later. Emma produced all her art work before she was diagnosed with cancer. This article presents evidence that Emma unconsciously knew she was dying, and independently worked on issues of her own death through her art work.

scholarly journals Opieka pielęgniarska nad pacjentką w przebiegu choroby Alzheimera z wykorzystaniem ICNP®

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Karolina Krajewska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Control Field ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Nurse Caring ◽  
It Risk

Introduction. Alzheimer's disease (AD – Alzheimer Disease) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease. The main source of memory discomfort is destruc-tion. With age, irresistibly falling ill with it. Risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's disease are primarily: diabetes, female gender, hypertension and the lack of a control field. It is estimated that in Poland Alzheimer's disease affects about 200,000 people. According to statistics, 60% of all forms of de-mentia are AD. Aim of the study. The aim of the study is to present the activities that should be performed by a nurse caring for a patient with diagnosed Alzheimer's dis-ease. Case study. A 75-year-old patient admitted to the internal medicine ward, she has communication, content swallowing and spatial orientation disorders. It requires constant assistance in the performance of everyday activities. He complains of urinary and faecal incontinence. Conclusion. Thanks to the holistic approach to the patient, it is possible to ensure her correctness and the approach of the patient and her family.

scholarly journals Using U.S. Medicare records to evaluate the indirect health effects on spouses: a case study in Alzheimer’s disease patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M Gilden ◽  
Joanna M Kubisiak ◽  
Kristin Kahle-Wrobleski ◽  
Daniel E Ball ◽  
Lee Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Health Effects

Parallels Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration: A Case Study of Alzheimer's Disease

2008 ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhu ◽  
G. Casadesus ◽  
K. M. Webber ◽  
C. S. Atwood ◽  
R. L. Bowen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease

Visual Communication to Improve Relationship Quality in Spousal Caregivers of Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Nola Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Spousal Caregivers ◽  
Positive Interactions ◽  
Couple Dynamics ◽  
Therapy Interventions

The study investigated the effectiveness of an art therapy intervention in improving relationship quality of spousal caregivers and their spouses with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Two single case studies were conducted, each composed of a caregiver and spouse with AD. Intervention consisted of three art therapy sessions based on visual communication, or the mutual creation of artwork. Relationship quality was measured throughout the study using clinical notes, pretest and posttest, and caregiver daily reports of positive interactions with their spouse. Couple dynamics were found to influence how positively each art therapy directive was viewed; however, both caregivers noted valuing art therapy interventions for providing recreation and socialization. The intervention resulted in increased positive interactions in both case studies.

scholarly journals Selecting Remote Measurement Technologies to Optimize Assessment of Function in Early Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Owens ◽  
Chris Hinds ◽  
Nikolay V. Manyakov ◽  
Thanos G. Stavropoulos ◽  
Grace Lavelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Remote Measurement ◽  
Early Alzheimer’S Disease

Mining Twitter to Inform the Design of Online Interventions for Hispanic Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Caregivers

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunmoo Yoon ◽  
Robert Lucero ◽  
Mary S. Mittelman ◽  
José A. Luchsinger ◽  
Suzanne Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Topic Models ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Content Mining ◽  
Using Data

Background/Objective: Hispanics are about 1.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to experience Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). Eight percent of AD/ADRD caregivers are Hispanics. The purpose of this article is to provide a methodological case study of using data mining methods and the Twitter platform to inform online self-management and social support intervention design and evaluation for Hispanic AD/ADRD caregivers. It will enable other researchers to replicate the methods for their phenomena of interest. Method: We extracted an analytic corpus of 317,658 English and Spanish tweets, applied content mining (topic models) and network structure analysis (macro-, meso-, and micro-levels) methods, and created visualizations of results. Results: The topic models showed differences in content between English and Spanish tweet corpora and between years analyzed. Our methods detected significant structural changes between years including increases in network size and subgroups, decrease in proportion of isolates, and increase in proportion of triads of the balanced communication type. Discussion/Conclusion: Each analysis revealed key lessons that informed the design and/or evaluation of online self-management and social support interventions for Hispanic AD/ADRD caregivers. These lessons are relevant to others wishing to use Twitter to characterize a particular phenomenon or as an intervention platform.

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