Do Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Draw like Young Children? An Exploratory Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1285-1292
Author(s):  
Fotini Bonoti ◽  
Evanthia Tzouvaleka ◽  
Konstantinos Bonotis ◽  
Filippos Vlachos
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Exploratory Study

An exploratory study on STX6, MOBP, MAPT, and EIF2AK3 and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1519.e13-1519.e17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiu-Yan Liu ◽  
Jin-Tai Yu ◽  
Dan Miao ◽  
Xiao-Ying Ma ◽  
Hui-Fu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Late Onset

Identity and the Self in Elderly Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease

2019 ◽  
pp. 381-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Francis ◽  
Richard E. Adams ◽  
Alexandra König ◽  
Jesse Hoey
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Self ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
Gradual Loss ◽  
Interactionist Perspective

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the gradual loss of memory, ultimately progressing to forgetting who one is and has been. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the progression of this disease raises the question of what happens to the “self” as part of an interactive social process with others. Our exploratory study of elders with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s indicates that, while identities grounded in memories and roles will fade as a person loses their ability to remember people and events, habitual and behavioral aspects of identity that reflect one’s personhood may persist longer. Thirty-two elders in Canada and the United States, plus 20 of their caregivers, participated in a qualitative interview. Results indicated that even people with very impaired memory still reacted to situations in ways congruent with their past identities, although they often did not remember the identities themselves. Viewing this phenomenon sociologically informs our understanding of the formation and disintegration of self.

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