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Contacts
Prof Erika Borella
Department of General Psychology
School of Psychology
University of Padova
Italy
Email: erika.borella@unipd.it
Website: dpg.unipd.it/en/en/en/erika-borella
Dr Simona Gardini
Gruppo Sostegno
Alzheimer Fidenza
Email: simona.gardini@gmail.com
Dr Samantha Pradelli
Primary Care
AULSS 7 Pedemontana NHS
Email: samantha.pradelli@aulss7.veneto.it
Website: aulss7.veneto.it/
Dr Alessandra Lobbia
Gruppo Sostegno
Alzheimer Fidenza
Email: lobbia.alessandra@gmail.com
Dr Elisa Salvalaio
Centro Servizi Anni Sereni Scorzè -VE-
Email: salvalaio.elisa@gmail.com
Dr Emanuela Capotosto
Dementia-special care units
ISRAA-Istituto Servizi di Residenza e Assistenza Anziani
Email: capotosto.emanuela@gmail.com
CST provision
CST is provided in some Dementia Care residential and semi-residential Centers, and Memory Clinics across Italy. A national web site is available to offer information and training opportunities on CST
CST research projects
Manuals on CST and iCST are available, a multi-centric study on a large sample (225 people with mild-to-moderate dementia from 16 Italian residential care homes or day centres) is concluding. The CST-IT group is working to disseminate the CST protocol across Italy and to include this intervention in national guidelines, as recommended interventions for people with mild-moderate dementia.
CST Training
Information and upcoming CST Training opportunities:
- https://mediaspace.unipd.it/media/Stimolazione+Cognitiva/1_v2g3hhj0
CST Publications
Carbone, E., Piras, F., Pastore, M., & Borella, E. (2022). The role of individual characteristics in predicting short- and long-term cognitive and psychological benefits of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for mild-to-moderate dementia. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13:811127. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.811127
Carbone, E., Gardini, S., Pastore, M., Piras, F., Vincenzi, M., & Borella, E. (2021). Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia in Italy: effects on cognitive functioning, and on emotional and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbab0
Lobbia, A., Carbone, E., Piras, F., Faggian, S., Gardini, S., Spector, A., & Borella, E. (2019). The efficacy of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: A review. European Psychologist, 24(3), 257-277.
Pradelli, S., Faggian, S., & Pavan, G. (2019). Protocolli di intervento per le demenze: Terapie farmacologiche cognitivo-comportamentali per fronteggiare i sintomi del deterioramento. FrancoAngeli.
Piras, F., Carbone, E., Faggian, S., Salvalaio, E, Gardini, S., Borella, E. (2017). Efficacy of cognitive stimulation therapy for older adults with vascular dementia. Dementia Neuropsychololgia, 11, 434-441.
Capotosto, E., Gardini, S., Faggian, S., Piras, F., Belacchi, C., Mantoan, V., Salvalaio, E., Pradelli, S., & Borella, E. (2017) Cognitive Stimulation Therapy in the Italian context: its efficacy in cognitive and non- cognitive measures in older adults with dementia? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32, 331-340.
Borella, E., Lobbia, A., Michelini, G., Faggian, S., & Gardini, S. (2016). Promuovere il ben-essere nella persona con demenza. Una guida pratica per la stimolazione cognitiva ad uso del famigliare e del caregiver. Milano: FrancoAngeli.
Gardini, S., Pradelli, S., Faggian, S., & Borella, E. (2015). La Terapia di Stimolazione Cognitiva: Un intervento efficace per la persona con demenza. Programma Base e di Mantenimento della Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST). Milano: FrancoAngeli.