ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2024
Developing and describing a typology of lucid episodes among people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
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- Data-driven detection of lucid episodes in advanced dementia: Application of latent class analysis to observational data.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Lucid episodes in people with advanced dementia: characterizing caregiver reports to advance definition and measurement of episodes.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- A prospective observational study of lucid episodes in advanced dementia.The Gerontologist · 2025Observational
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- Spouse and Child Caregivers' Experiences of Lucid Episodes in Dementia: A Mixed Methods Approach.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Developing and describing a typology of lucid episodes among people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
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introductionThis study examined lucid episodes among people living with late-stage Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (PLWD) and then developed a typology of these episodes to help characterize them.
methodsFamily caregivers of PLWD provided information about witnessed episodes, including proximity to death, cognitive status, duration, communication quality, and circumstances prior to lucid episodes on up to two episodes (caregiver N = 151; episode N = 279). Latent class analysis was used to classify and characterize empirically distinct clusters of lucid episodes.
resultsFour lucid episode types were identified. The most common type occurred during visits with family and among PLWD who lived > 6 months after the episode. The least common type coincided with family visits and occurred within 7 days of the PLWD's death. DISCUSSION: Findings suggest that multiple types of lucid episodes exist; not all signal impending death; and some, but not all, are precipitated by external stimuli.
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