Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late-stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias

Joan M. Griffin; Kyungmin Kim; Joseph E. Gaugler; Virginia S. Biggar; Theresa Frangiosa; Lauren R. Bangerter; Alexander Batthyany; Dawn M. Finnie; Maria I. Lapid

doi:10.1002/dad2.12313

Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late-stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias

Joan M. Griffin, Kyungmin Kim, Joseph E. Gaugler, Virginia S. Biggar, Theresa Frangiosa, Lauren R. Bangerter, Alexander Batthyany, Dawn M. Finnie, Maria I. Lapid

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Introduction: Little is known about how family caregivers who witness unexpected and spontaneous communication among people in late stages of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) appraise these episodes of lucidity (EL). Methods: In an electronic, cross-sectional survey for former and current caregivers who participate in UsAgainstAlzheimer's A-LIST^®, participants who reported witnessing an EL were asked how positive and stressful ELs were, if they made or changed decisions based on an EL, and what resources they sought out to explain ELs. Results: Caregivers reported 72% of ELs to be quite a bit or very positive, 17% to be stressful, and 10% to be both stressful and positive. Twelve percent of caregivers changed care plans because of ELs and 13% sought out information about ELs. Discussion: These exploratory data suggest caregiver reactions to EL vary. Caregivers may change or postpone care decisions due to EL, and few resources exist to address caregiver queries about EL.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e12313
Journal	Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12313
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
appraisal
family caregivers
lucidity
paradoxical lucidity

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Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Griffin, J. M., Kim, K., Gaugler, J. E., Biggar, V. S., Frangiosa, T., Bangerter, L. R., Batthyany, A., Finnie, D. M., & Lapid, M. I. (2022). Caregiver appraisals of lucid episodes in people with late-stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 14(1), Article e12313. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12313

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