Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies

Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies

ABSTRACT FTD is a unique condition which manifests with a range of behavioural symptoms, marked dysfunction in activities of daily living (ADL) and increased levels of carer burden as compared to carers of other dementias. No efficacious pharmacological interventions to treat FTD currently exist, an...

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Main Authors: Claire M. O'Connor, Lindy Clemson, Thaís Bento Lima da Silva, Olivier Piguet, John R. Hodges, Eneida Mioshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
frontotemporal dementia
non-pharmacological intervention
functional disability
randomised controlled trial
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642013000200143&lng=en&tlng=en

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