Just what we need - something else to add to our exhausting dementia-care tasks. What about my caregiver mental fatigue? What about the healthy areas of my brain, if there are any left?
As measured in what way. You see, the problem with all measurement of "what helps" is that you cannot measure the same person both WITH and WITHOUT medication. Both WITH and WITHOUT puzzles and other workshops. Both WITH and WITHOUT any kind of money-making neuro-whatever.
Given that you cannot measure what strides an INDIVIDUAL'S dementia "would have taken" without this or that intervention, you simply cannot measure these things accurately.
That's the problem. Many things have a huge placebo effect. So that alone may make it worth it if you have money to burn. Placebo effect in many pain issues is anywhere from 35% to 45% effective. Go figure.
I've worked in med-tech and I know that neuromodulation and redirection/retraining works in pain management/treatment.
"The qEEG brain map analysis measures "Coherence" between different areas, which indicates the health or normalcy of functional communications between these regions of the brain; in other words, it measures how well the different areas of the brain are communicating with each other to perform complex tasks."
"Neurofeedback and Dementia A form of cognitive stimulation is Neurofeedback brain training. This type of modality cannot reverse a degenerative cognitive disease (as in structural damage in the brain, such as what occurs with Alzheimer’s disease) but it can help improve symptoms and delay progression if completed consistently. It is hard to say the length of time needed as each case is different but to prevent relapse, it is likely that neurofeedback training would be a benefit if completed as a regular daily task to help fight against mental fatigue and maximize the healthy areas of the brain."
Just what we need - something else to add to our exhausting dementia-care tasks. What about my caregiver mental fatigue? What about the healthy areas of my brain, if there are any left?
You see, the problem with all measurement of "what helps" is that you cannot measure the same person both WITH and WITHOUT medication. Both WITH and WITHOUT puzzles and other workshops. Both WITH and WITHOUT any kind of money-making neuro-whatever.
Given that you cannot measure what strides an INDIVIDUAL'S dementia "would have taken" without this or that intervention, you simply cannot measure these things accurately.
That's the problem.
Many things have a huge placebo effect. So that alone may make it worth it if you have money to burn. Placebo effect in many pain issues is anywhere from 35% to 45% effective. Go figure.
"The qEEG brain map analysis measures "Coherence" between different areas, which indicates the health or normalcy of functional communications between these regions of the brain; in other words, it measures how well the different areas of the brain are communicating with each other to perform complex tasks."
Source: https://www.drakeinstitute.com/what-is-brain-mapping#:~:text=The%20qEEG%20brain%20map%20analysis,other%20to%20perform%20complex%20tasks.
"Neurofeedback and Dementia
A form of cognitive stimulation is Neurofeedback brain training. This type of modality cannot reverse a degenerative cognitive disease (as in structural damage in the brain, such as what occurs with Alzheimer’s disease) but it can help improve symptoms and delay progression if completed consistently. It is hard to say the length of time needed as each case is different but to prevent relapse, it is likely that neurofeedback training would be a benefit if completed as a regular daily task to help fight against mental fatigue and maximize the healthy areas of the brain."
Source: https://www.sinhaclinic.com/dementia-and-alzheimers-disease-does-neurofeedback-help/