Research and Proposal
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Unit2AnalyzingqualitativeResearchPapers1.pptxAnalyzing qualitative Research Papers
The Most Applicable Study Results from Four Articles in Gerontology
American InterContinental University
March 20, 2018
Prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment with and without dementia in an elderly population.
This study indicates that Cognitive Impairment, no Dementia (CIND) has a prevalence rate of 16.8% in Canada.
All other forms of dementia combined have a prevalence rate of 8%.
Prevalence of all forms of cognitive impairment, including dementia, seems to increase with increase in age.
These results can be used to plan on how to care for the older people with dementia whose population is surging by the day.
Prevalence of Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
In the United States, about 13.9% of people aged above 71 years were suffering from dementia and related complications in 2002.
Further, close to 9.7% of people aged 71 years and above were suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The prevalence of dementia and related diseases tend to increase with increase in age.
These results, which are a representative of the whole American aging population, can be used to strategize provision of health services for older people with dementia.
The borderland between normal aging and dementia
In this research, the authors identified several sub-types of people with MCI, and that the patients observed in the community are different from those observed in the clinic.
Dementia or MCI diagnosis depends on both the interactions between people and their environment, the sociocultural context, as well as cognitive tests.
The study provides useful information for “studying cognitive decline in relation to pathological changes in aging and dementia”
Constructing Couples’ Stories: Narrative Practice Insights from a Dyadic Dementia Intervention
Researchers in this article suggest that narrative therapeutic methods have promises and challenges for social interventions on couples where one of the partners is suffering from dementia.
making use of narrative therapeutic methods are a good way of dealing with the issue of memory loss in which one spouse has the problem.
The results can be used to plan healthcare intervention for aging couples where one partner is suffering from memory loss.
