The experiences of people with dementia and their carers participating in individual cognitive stimulation therapy
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DOI: 10.1002/gps.4648
Abstract: The carer‐delivered individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) was developed to improve cognition and quality of life of people with dementia. This study aims to explore people with dementia and family carers' concepts of mental stimulation… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; people dementia; stimulation; individual cognitive ... See more keywords
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy—Spain (CST‐ES): Cultural Adaptation Process and Pilot Study
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DOI: 10.1002/gps.70109
Abstract: To assess the validity and acceptability of an adapted version of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for the Spanish population and culturally adapt the original UK manuals. read more here.
Keywords: stimulation therapy; therapy spain; spain cst; cognitive stimulation ... See more keywords
Do Children Cause the Cognitive Stimulation they Receive? Modelling the Direction of Causality
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DOI: 10.1007/s10519-024-10195-w
Abstract: We tested the directionality of associations between children’s early-life cognitive development and the cognitive stimulation that they received from their parents. Our sample included up to 15,314 children from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS),… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive development; stimulation; cognitive stimulation; age cognitive ... See more keywords
Socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement: A multi-modal investigation of neural mechanisms in children and adolescents
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.043
Abstract: &NA; Growing evidence suggests that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences neural development, which may contribute to the well‐documented SES‐related disparities in academic achievement. However, the particular aspects of SES that impact neural structure and function… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; academic achievement; disparities academic; frontoparietal network ... See more keywords
Therapeutic impacts of environmental enrichment: Neurobiological mechanisms informing molecular targets for enviromimetics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.11.005
Abstract: Genomics is transforming our understanding of biology and medicine. In contrast, our knowledge of ‘enviromics’ (an individual's entire environmental exposures across a lifespan; McOmish et al., 2014) remains relatively rudimentary. Therefore, in order to elucidate… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; issue; therapeutic effects; environmental enrichment ... See more keywords
Cognitive stimulation therapy as a sustainable intervention for dementia in sub-Saharan Africa: feasibility and clinical efficacy using a stepped-wedge design
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DOI: 10.1017/s1041610217000163
Abstract: ABSTRACT Background: Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a psychosocial group-based intervention for dementia shown to improve cognition and quality of life with a similar efficacy to cholinesterase inhibitors. Since CST can be delivered by non-specialist… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; dementia; sub saharan; feasibility ... See more keywords
Effectiveness of cognitive stimulation for dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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DOI: 10.1037/bul0000325
Abstract: Cognitive stimulation (CS) is a nonpharmacological intervention often involving group activities and social interaction used to treat cognitive declines in people with dementia. This preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of CS in… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; review meta; systematic review; review ... See more keywords
Supera cognitive stimulation study with cognitively-unimpaired older adults: methodology and initial results of a randomized controlled clinical trial
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1809882
Abstract: Abstract Scientific investigations have highlighted the benefits of cognitive stimulation for cognitive, psychological, and social aspects in older individuals. However, there is a dearth of long-term, methodologically-rigorous studies. The aim of the present study was… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; cognitive stimulation; stimulation; randomized controlled ... See more keywords
A - 33 Impact of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Everyday Functioning in a Veteran Sample
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DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acae067.047
Abstract: Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a well-supported nonpharmacological intervention, found to improve or maintain global cognition, daily functioning, and quality of life with persons with dementia. There are fewer studies assessing the effect of CST… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive stimulation; stimulation therapy; neuropsychiatric symptoms; impact ... See more keywords
Effects of a family caregiver-delivered multi-sensory cognitive stimulation intervention for older people with dementia during COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial.
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DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnad054
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many community dementia services such as home-visiting services and center-based activities were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the efficacy of a caregiver-delivered cognitive stimulation therapy (CDCST) on people with… read more here.
Keywords: family; randomized controlled; cognitive stimulation; people dementia ... See more keywords
Using ECHO program data to develop a brief measure of caregiver support and cognitive stimulation using the home observation for measurement of the environment-infant/toddler (HOME-IT).
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14137
Abstract: Data from three NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program cohorts that collected the HOME-Infant-Toddler (HOME-IT age 0-3 years) version were used to examine the reliability of a brief scale of caregiver support and… read more here.
Keywords: home; toddler home; cognitive stimulation; echo program ... See more keywords