The excluding criterion was the inability to read or answer the study questionnaires (e.g. dementia, difficulties with the language).
Exclusion criteria were (a) inability to read or answer the study questionnaires (e.g., dementia, difficulties with the language), and (b) age below 18 years.
For example, research has suggested that people with frontotemporal dementia have difficulty finding and engaging appropriate home and community based services due to lack of understanding and knowledge of frontotemporal dementia [ 25].
20 (At stage 6a+ people with dementia have difficulty dressing and bathing, and may be incontinent. By stage 7a+ they are doubly incontinent with limited speech, and mobility is reduced or lost).
This is partly because the initial subset contained a clear predominance of concepts related to physical needs, but also because many individuals with dementia have difficulty communicating such needs, and therefore adequate concepts are required for the development of high-quality documentation and nursing care plans [ 9, 17].
Exclusion criteria were communication difficulties (primarily due to stroke, dementia, hearing difficulties, confusion or disorientation), alcohol abuse, participation in other ongoing studies and more or less permanent institutionalisation. Data were obtained from semi-structured patient interviews were performed by trained interviewers.
The report was based on a study of the drug, Aricept, in people with "mild cognitive impairment," which includes memory problems but not dementia or difficulties in thinking or reasoning.
Due to their limited communication skills, people with dementia have difficulties in understanding communication and expressing themselves verbally.
When depression, dementia, concentration difficulties and tremors appear years -- decades even -- after a player has retired, their link to blows to the head sustained while playing professionally is extremely difficult to prove.
The META assessments showed that the participants with dementia had difficulties to use their own computers and telephones.
