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Pronounced Impairment of Everyday Skills and Self-Care in Posterior Cortical Atrophy

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Shakespeare, Timothy J.a; * | Yong, Keir X.X.a | Foxe, Davidb; c | Hodges, Johnb; c | Crutch, Sebastian J.a

Affiliations: [a] Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK | [b] Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, Sydney, Australia | [c] ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australia

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Timothy J. Shakespeare, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, 8-11 Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK. Tel.: +20 3448 3839; E-mail: tim.shakespeare.10@ucl.ac.uk.

Keywords: Caregivers, early onset Alzheimer's disease, psychology, questionnaires, self-care, self-report

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141071

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 381-384, 2015

Accepted 23 June 2014
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Published: 21 November 2014
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Abstract

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive visual dysfunction and parietal, occipital, and occipitotemporal atrophy. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of PCA and typical Alzheimer's disease (tAD) on everyday functional abilities and neuropsychiatric status. The Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised was given to carers of 32 PCA and 71 tAD patients. PCA patients showed significantly greater impairment in everyday skills and self-care while the tAD group showed greater impairment in aspects of memory and orientation, and motivation. We suggest that PCA poses specific challenges for those caring for people affected by the condition.

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