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For each disease, there are multiple risk factors including lifestyle, genetic predisposition, and environment. We at the GNL are interested in understanding how these different factors contribute to cognitive decline in dementia. For this study, we work with participants who are siblings, children...

INTERVENTIONS The Delirium Toolbox is a container that holds materials necessary to improve sensory input, cognitive stimulation, and promote sleep in patients at high risk for delirium. Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, and pharmacists may further modify a patient's risk for...

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Procedure for RASS Assessment Observe patient Patient is alert, restless, or agitated. (score 0 to +4) If not alert, state patient's name and say to open eyes and look at speaker. Ask 'Describe how you are feeling?' Patient awakens with sustained eye opening and eye contact. (score -1) Patient...

Veterans returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan frequently report physical pain. Pain can be a debilitating condition, and is classified as chronic if it lasts for at least three to six months. Recent research has shown that pain often co-occurs with other physical and psychological...

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The Clock-in-the-box is a powerful tool if properly administered and scored, and this website will teach you how to use it. Downloads You can download the instructions, response form and other forms below:

How to Score the Clock-in-the-Box The score of the Clock-in-the-Box diagnostic is based on a rubric of eight individual categories which are broken into two main subcategories. The sum of the Location, Object, Numbers and Time scores yields the Memory subtotal, while the Size, Number Order, Number...

We investigated whether Veterans with high compared to low levels of alcohol use experienced changes in the white matter of their brain. White matter are the connecting “wires” that allow for different parts of the brain to talk to each other. We also wanted to see if Veterans with high levels of...

Cerebrovascular Risk, Aging, and their Effects on the Brain Changes in memory, thinking, and organizational skills occur in the course of normal aging, but can sometimes indicate an underlying disease. These changes in thinking ability can occur as a result of medical conditions (such as high blood...