Caregivers' roles in preventing patients with severe Alzheimer's disease from becoming distracted during mealtimes: two case reports

Conclusion] Patients with severe Alzheimer's disease who have lost their language skills cannot filter out a range of other information around them and focus on the information necessary to oneself. The role of caregivers is to serve as filters for patients with severe Alzheimer's disease who have lost their language skills and whose selective attention abilities have become impaired.PMID:34658511 | PMC:PMC8516602 | DOI:10.1589/jpts.33.711

Source: Physical Therapy - October 18, 2021 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Ketu Ri Teruo Yokoi Yayoi Miyoshi Hiroyuki Watanabe Toshihide Fukuda Source Type: research