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See other Health ArticlesTitle: Meditation Use to Reduce Stress Response and Improve Cognitive Functioning in Older Family Dementia Caregivers
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URL Source: http://www.alzheimersprevention.org/research_ucla_study.htm
Published: May 10, 2011
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Post Date: 2011-05-10 19:23:06 by PSUSA
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Preliminary Results from an Ongoing Study
At least 5 million Americans provide care for someone with Alzheimer's disease (AD), often at great personal cost. The majority of AD caregivers are over 65 and are twice as likely to report strain and high levels of emotional distress due to caregiving responsibilities. Dementia caregivers have mortality risks 63% higher than non-caregiving controls and are at higher risk for depression. Sign Up for Forget-Me-Not,
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| | In collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is in the process of conducting an eight-week study designed to evaluate the differences in caregiver depression and distress between those who participate in daily meditation versus another stress reducing intervention. Study Design
Forty-four caregivers of patients with dementia who were diagnosed and treated at UCLA will be enrolled in the study. Of the 39 caregivers who have already completed the study, 23 practiced Kirtan Kriya, a meditation from the Kundalini yoga tradition, daily for eight weeks. Sixteen participants listened to a relaxation audio tape for 25 minutes per day for eight weeks. Preliminary Study Findings
Results indicate that: - Both groups demonstrated improvement in depression and anxiety, resilience and perceived burden.
- The meditation group improved significantly more compared to the relaxation group on measures of perceived support, physical suffering, energy, emotional and well-being, as well as in cognitive tests of memory and executive function.
- A subgroup also showed marked improvement in the reduction of inflammation This groundbreaking work also reveals that Kirtan Kriya increases telomerase, an exquisite marker of health and longevity, in only 12 minutes a day.
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