Category Archives: NIHR

Professor Alistair Burns and Professor Martin Rossor Talk on Dementia Research (Department of Health, Dementia)

Summary In this Department of Health video web blog post, Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) talks to Professor Martin Rossor from the Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) about dementia research. Read more and view … Continue reading

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PM’s Challenge On Dementia, Part 3: Dementia Friendly Communities and Improving Dementia Research (Department of Health, Dementia)

Summary In this Department of Health video web blog posting, Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) talks, in his third web blog video on the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, about the creation of dementia-friendly communities and efforts to improve … Continue reading

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EVIDEM: Evidence-Based Interventions in Dementia (National Institute for Health Research)

Summary Evidence-Based Interventions in Dementia (EVIDEM) is a database devoted to changing practice regarding dementia care in the community, and developing and testing interventions from early recognition to end of life. EVIDEM is a consortium of academic and NHS professionals. … Continue reading

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End of Life Care: Methods Review (School for Social Care Research, London School of Economics and Political Science)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This NIHR review provides an overview of the numerous research methods which have been used in end of life care … Continue reading

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ENRICH: A Care Homes Research Resource (Department of Health: Dementia)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dementia & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) is holding programmes to “increase the volume, … Continue reading

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Building Capacity to Strengthen the UK’s Research in Dementia (Alzheimer’s Research UK)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 7, February 2012]. Summary This report urges the Government and other policy makers to show still greater commitment to a UK national dementia research … Continue reading

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Ministerial Group on Dementia Research: Headline Report (Department of Health)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 1, August 2011]. Summary The Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (chaired by Minister of State for Care Services, Paul Burstow MP) has laboured … Continue reading

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Experiences of the Transition from Cognitive Impairment to Dementia (NIHRSDO Report)

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 1 Issue 11, June 2011]. Abstract This qualitative exploratory study investigated the experience receiving a diagnosis of dementia and how this affects people; the help and … Continue reading

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