The use of visual cues in mid-stage Alzheimer's disease
Cathy Bailey
Bok Engelsk
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| Opplysninger | ABSTRACT: This study tested the ability of mid-stage Alzheimer's disease patients to recognize bath day throough spcific visual cues. reisberg's Theory of global cognitive deteroriation in consert with Piaget's staging of cognitive development guided this study. A convenience sample of 16 nursing home residents received the MSQ and calendar recognition chart as pre- and post-test. Eight subjects, randomly assoigned to the experimental group, received the intervention of a pictorial cue reinforced on a daily basis for four weeks. The control group was exposed to the bath calendar only during the first week and on post-test. Gain scores on the recognition chart from pre- to post-test were clearly higher for the experimental group. A Kruskal-Wallis 1-way ANOVA of 12.1739p<.005 demonstrated a direct relationship between pictorial cue reinforcement and recognition of bath day.
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