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A benefit-finding intervention for family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer disease: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Lau, Rosanna W L, Mak, Emily P M, Ng, Natalie S S, Lam, Linda C W, Fung, Helene H, Lai, Julian C L, Kwok, Timothy, Lee, Diana T F

“…Caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's disease are highly stressed and at risk for physical and psychiatric conditions. Interventions are usually focused on…”
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Effectiveness of an individualized functional training program on affective disturbances and functional skills in mild and moderate dementia-a randomized control trial by Lam, Linda CW, Lui, Victor WC, Luk, Daisy NY, Chau, Rachel, So, Clifton, Poon, Vickie, Tam, Peter, Ching, Raymond, Lo, Henry, Chiu, Julian, Fung, Ada, Ko, Flora SL

“…Objectives We reported the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the effects of an individualized functional enhancement program (FEP) on…”
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Association Between Mind-Body and Cardiovascular Exercises and Memory in Older Adults by Chan, Agnes S., Ho, Yim-chi, Cheung, Mei-chun, Albert, Marilyn S., Chiu, Helen F. K., Lam, Linda C. W.

“…Objectives: To compare the memory function of older adults who regularly practiced mind‐body (MB) or cardiovascular (CV) exercises with that of those who did…”
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Long-Term Outcomes of the Benefit-Finding Group Intervention for Alzheimer Family Caregivers: A Cluster-Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Chan, Wai Chi, Lam, Linda C.W.

“…•What is the primary question addressed by this study? — This study examined the effects of the group benefit-finding intervention (BFT) for dementia family…”
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The principle of assessing mental capacity for enduring power of attorney by Lui, Victor W C, Chiu, Charles C Y, Ko, Rachel S F, Lam, Linda C W

“…With Hong Kong's rapidly ageing population, increasing numbers of people now have some form of cognitive impairment. Enduring power of attorney is a legal…”
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Voices of Alzheimer Caregivers on Positive Aspects of Caregiving by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Mak, Emily P M, Lau, Rosanna W L, Ng, Natalie S S, Lam, Linda C W

“…To discover positive gains as constructed by family caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's disease. Fifty-seven Hong Kong Chinese primary caregivers provided…”
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Novel MRI‐based geometric models for the quantification and prediction of morphometric changes in mild cognitive impairment converters: Developing topics by Lu, Hanna, Chan, Sandra Sau Man, Zhang, Li, Lam, Linda CW

“…Abstract Background The longitudinal global brain atrophy has been well documented. However, the ageing effect on region‐specific cortical features in the…”
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Novel MRI‐based geometric models for the quantification and prediction of morphometric changes in mild cognitive impairment converters by Lu, Hanna, Chan, Sandra Sau Man, Zhang, Li, Lam, Linda CW

“…Background The longitudinal global brain atrophy has been well documented. However, the ageing effect on region‐specific cortical features in the context of…”
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A 12-year comparison of patients with Alzheimer’s dementia with their informants in eight Asian countries by Jhang, Kai-Ming, Dharmasaroja, Pornpatr A., Senanarong, Vorapun, Dominguez, Jacqueline, Lam, Linda CW, Huo, Zhaohua, Meguro, Kenichi, Kasai, Mari, Shoji, Miwako, Wei, Cuibai, Shim, YongSoo, Prawiroharjo, Pukovisa, Situmeang, Rocksy Fransisca V., Wang, Wen-Fu, Huang, Ling-Chun, Yang, Yuan-Han

“…The number of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has increased dramatically in Asia. To update the demographic characteristics of patients with AD and…”
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Benefit-finding intervention for Alzheimer caregivers: conceptual framework, implementation issues, and preliminary efficacy by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Lau, Rosanna W L, Mak, Emily P M, Ng, Natalie S S, Lam, Linda C W

“…To describe an intervention promoting benefit-finding in Alzheimer caregivers, to discuss key issues in implementation and ways to resolve them, and to examine…”
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Eye movement parameters and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease patients without dementia by Wong, Oscar WH, Chan, Anne YY, Wong, Adrian, Lau, Claire KY, Yeung, Jonas HM, Mok, Vincent CT, Lam, Linda CW, Chan, Sandra

“…Cognitive deficits and eye movement abnormalities have been demonstrated to be detectable early clinical manifestations of Parkinson's disease. Understanding…”
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Decreased activity with increased background network efficiency in amnestic MCI during a visuospatial working memory task by Lou, Wutao, Shi, Lin, Wang, Defeng, Tam, Cindy W.C., Chu, Winnie C.W., Mok, Vincent C.T., Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Lam, Linda C.W.

“…Recent studies have demonstrated the working memory impairment in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However, the neurophysiological…”
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Neuropsychiatric symptom clusters of Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong Chinese: prevalence and confirmatory factor analysis of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Kwok, Timothy, Lam, Linda C W

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the clustering of symptoms on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and the relative prevalence of symptom clusters in…”
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Efficiency of Attentional Components in Elderly with Mild Neurocognitive Disorders Shown by the Attention Network Test by Lu, Hanna, Chan, Sandra S M, Fung, Ada W T, Lam, Linda C W

“…Complex attention, serving as a main diagnostic item of mild neurocognitive disorders (NCD), has been reported to be susceptible to pathological ageing. This…”
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Aberrant interhemispheric functional connectivity within default mode network and its relationships with neurocognitive features in cognitively normal APOE ε 4 elderly carriers by Lu, Hanna, Ma, Suk Ling, Wong, Savio Wai Ho, Tam, Cindy W C, Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Chan, Sandra S M, Lam, Linda C W

“…Default mode network (DMN) is vulnerable to the effects of APOE genotype. Given the reduced brain volumes and APOE ε 4-related brain changes in elderly…”
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Disturbance of attention network functions in Chinese healthy older adults: an intra-individual perspective by Lu, Hanna, Fung, Ada W T, Chan, Sandra S M, Lam, Linda C W

“…Intra-individual variability (IIV) and the change of attentional functions have been reported to be susceptible to both healthy ageing and pathological ageing…”
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COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): an international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups by Sachdev, Perminder S, Lipnicki, Darren M, Kochan, Nicole A, Crawford, John D, Rockwood, Kenneth, Xiao, Shifu, Li, Juan, Li, Xia, Brayne, Carol, Matthews, Fiona E, Stephan, Blossom C M, Lipton, Richard B, Katz, Mindy J, Ritchie, Karen, Carrière, Isabelle, Ancelin, Marie-Laure, Seshadri, Sudha, Au, Rhoda, Beiser, Alexa S, Lam, Linda C W, Wong, Candy H Y, Fung, Ada W T, Kim, Ki Woong, Han, Ji Won, Kim, Tae Hui, Petersen, Ronald C, Roberts, Rosebud O, Mielke, Michelle M, Ganguli, Mary, Dodge, Hiroko H, Hughes, Tiffany, Anstey, Kaarin J, Cherbuin, Nicolas, Butterworth, Peter, Ng, Tze Pin, Gao, Qi, Reppermund, Simone, Brodaty, Henry, Meguro, Kenichi, Schupf, Nicole, Manly, Jennifer, Stern, Yaakov, Lobo, Antonio, Lopez-Anton, Raúl, Santabárbara, Javier

“…A large number of longitudinal studies of population-based ageing cohorts are in progress internationally, but the insights from these studies into the risk…”
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with increased risks of progression to dementia: a 2-year prospective study of 321 Chinese older persons with mild cognitive impairment by Chan, Wai Chi, Lam, Linda C W, Tam, Cindy W C, Lui, Victor W C, Leung, Grace T Y, Lee, Allen T C, Chan, Sandra S M, Fung, Ada W T, Chiu, Helen F K, Chan, Wai Man

“…studies have suggested that neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms influence the development of dementia among older adults. But, the results are inconsistent and…”
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Cognitive predictors for five-year conversion to dementia in community-dwelling Chinese older adults by Wong, Candy H Y, Leung, Grace T Y, Fung, Ada W T, Chan, W C, Lam, Linda C W

“…This study evaluates which cognitive measure is best for predicting incident dementia in a population-based random sample of Chinese older adults without…”
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Physical activity and cognitive function of community Chinese elderly in Hong Kong (HK) and Guangzhou (GZ) by Su, Elena X F, Lin, Y Q, Zhang, S L, Leung, Grace T Y, Lam, Linda C W, Chiu, Helen F K

“…Some studies demonstrated that physical activity may have beneficial effect on cognitive function. The objective of the study was to estimate the association…”
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