Re: Time to nursing home predictor

[Guest guest]

Just found the link:

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/277/24/1933.4.extract

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> I read the link posted here recently to the Alzheimer's prediciton for time to

nursing home/death. I became alarmed and did some more research pertaining to

this study. According to what I found, there was some concern over accuracy for

this test because of the high chance some of the subjects actually had LBD

instead of Alzheimer's and LBD progresses more rapidly.

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> If I understood correctly, that would mean our LO would be at the quicker end

of the scale when it comes to placement and death.

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> The orginal test is at this link:

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> http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sergievsky/predictor.html

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> I'm sorry I didn't grab the link for the other study I found. I will attempt

to locat it again.

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[Guest guest]

Another predictor, evidently, is the onset of hallucination and visiospacial

problems.The sooner a patient exhibits hallucination, the more rapidly the

disease progresses. The hallucinations indicate involvement in a critical area

of the brain as far as progression is concerned. One study used map reading and

the ability to work a puzzle as an indicator of visiospacial difficulties.

So, I am assuming if your LO began hallucinating as an early symptom, their

progression is probably going to be more rapid than someone whose hallucinations

came later in the course of the disease. But that is an assumption on my part

based on what I have read.

I posted the link to the study siting LBD as progressing more rapidly, but I

haven't seen it show up yet, so here it is again:

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/277/24/1933.4.extract

>

> I read the link posted here recently to the Alzheimer's prediciton for time to

nursing home/death. I became alarmed and did some more research pertaining to

this study. According to what I found, there was some concern over accuracy for

this test because of the high chance some of the subjects actually had LBD

instead of Alzheimer's and LBD progresses more rapidly.

>

> If I understood correctly, that would mean our LO would be at the quicker end

of the scale when it comes to placement and death.

>

> The orginal test is at this link:

>

> http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sergievsky/predictor.html

>

> I'm sorry I didn't grab the link for the other study I found. I will attempt

to locat it again.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Another predictor, evidently, is the onset of hallucination and visiospacial

problems.The sooner a patient exhibits hallucination, the more rapidly the

disease progresses. The hallucinations indicate involvement in a critical area

of the brain as far as progression is concerned. One study used map reading and

the ability to work a puzzle as an indicator of visiospacial difficulties.

So, I am assuming if your LO began hallucinating as an early symptom, their

progression is probably going to be more rapid than someone whose hallucinations

came later in the course of the disease. But that is an assumption on my part

based on what I have read.

I posted the link to the study siting LBD as progressing more rapidly, but I

haven't seen it show up yet, so here it is again:

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/277/24/1933.4.extract

>

> I read the link posted here recently to the Alzheimer's prediciton for time to

nursing home/death. I became alarmed and did some more research pertaining to

this study. According to what I found, there was some concern over accuracy for

this test because of the high chance some of the subjects actually had LBD

instead of Alzheimer's and LBD progresses more rapidly.

>

> If I understood correctly, that would mean our LO would be at the quicker end

of the scale when it comes to placement and death.

>

> The orginal test is at this link:

>

> http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sergievsky/predictor.html

>

> I'm sorry I didn't grab the link for the other study I found. I will attempt

to locat it again.

>

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