Category Archives: International

Research involving non-UK agencies and/or international bodies. Includes both foreign and UK non-English e.g. Scottish, Welsh etc.

A Brief Review of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Relates to Elderly Care and Research (JGCR)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A brief literature review examines publications relating to the elderly population arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Themes, and possible areas for further research, are identified. Full Text Link Reference Tripathy, S. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and the elderly patient: … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 2019 Novel Coronavirus, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhubaneswar; India), Association for Geriatric Palliative Medicine (FGPG), Clinical Features of COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Older Adults, COVID-19 and Older People, COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19: Impact on the Elderly and Their Carers, Decision Making, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Department of Neuroanaesthesia: Walton Centre (Liverpool), Dexamethasone, Effects of COVID-19 on Elderly Health, Ethical Considerations, Ethics, India, Literature Reviews, Mortality Statistics: Age-Related Case Fatality Rates (CFRs), Novel Coronavirus Infection, Palliation, Prevention, Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trial on Dexamethasone, Rehabilitation, Resource Allocation, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), SIAARTI; Italian Society of Anesthesia Analgesia and Intensive Care, Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19, University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham Medical School, Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust | Leave a comment

Some Speculated / Potential Benefits of COVID-19 (JGCR / BBC Radio 4’s Rethink)

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following article, unusually and perhaps controversially, attempts an initial assessment of certain perceived potential beneficial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Text Link Reference Tripathy, S. Kar, SK. Roy, D. [et al]. (2020). Community perception of the environmental … Continue reading →

More on the Possible Role of Neuroinflammation in Frontotemporal Dementia (Bazian / Brain)

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Inflammation in the brain has been found to be present alongside (“co-localised” with) protein clusters in patients with frontotemporal dementia, suggesting that neuroinflammation may be involved as a potential cause of frontotemporal dementia. “The researchers found that both the … Continue reading →

Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Association of British Neurologists, Bazian, Behavioural Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Behind the Headlines, Biomarker Development, Biomarkers, Biomarkers for Inflammation, Brain (Journal), Brain Autopsies, Brain Inflammation, C-PK-11195, C-PK-11195 (Biomarker for Inflammation), Cambridge Brain Bank, Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Critical Appraisals, Degenerative Tauopathy, Department of Clinical Neurosciences: Cambridge University, Department of Neurology: Walton Centre (Liverpool), Department of Pathology: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Division of Anaesthesia: University of Cambridge, Early-Onset Dementia, F-AV-1451, F-AV-1451 (Biomarker for Protein Clusters), Fronto-Temporal Dementia (FTD), Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), FTD: Fronto-Temporal Dementia, FTLD-Pick’s, FTLD-TDP (A), FTLD-TDP (C), FTLD-TDP (Types A and C), FTLD-TDP-43, Immune Cells (Microglia), Inflammation, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM): Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy, Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark), Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit: University of Cambridge, Microglia, Monoamine Oxidase (MAO), National Institute of Health Research, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation and Frontotemporal Dementia, Neuroinflammation and Protein Aggregation, Neuromelanin, NIHR Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network, Non-Amyloid-β Protein Aggregation, Non-Fluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA), Patrick Berthoud Charitable Trust, PET Scans, Pick’s Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Protein Aggregation, Protein Clusters, Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA), Tauopathy, TDP-43, TDP-43 Pathology, TDP-43 Protein, TDP-43 Proteinopathy, University of Cambridge, Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Wellcome Trust, Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre: University of Cambridge | Leave a comment

COVID-19 Infection: Coronavirus in the UK (DHSC / PHE / BBC News / SCIE / NHS England)

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Latest guidance for the general public. Full Text Link Reference New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection. [Online]: Department of Health and Social Care [and] Public Health England, March 17th 2020. In less than three months the impact … Continue reading →

Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia (Frontiers in Medicine)

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A review of the literature has identified five types of interventions designed to support resilience (coping with adversity) in people with dementia, which comprise: Dementia Advisors. Peer Support Network Services. Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA). Memory Makers. Early-Stage and … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts Engagement, Arts Therapies, Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia: National University of Ireland, Community Activities, Community Involvement, Coping, Coping and Adjustment, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Coping With Adversity in Dementia, Coping With Dementia, Coping with Memory Loss, Coping with Stigma, Creative Arts for Dementia, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia Adviser Services, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisers (DAs), Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Services, Dementia Groups, Early-Stage and Beyond Community Activities (ESBCA), Empowerment of People With Dementia, Engagement, Frontiers in Medicine (Journal), Group Belonging, Group Programmes, Improving Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Increasing Personal and Social Resources, Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Worth, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness, Interventions to Improve Resilience in People Living With Dementia, Ireland, Literature Reviews, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Memory Makers, Mental Resilience, National University of Ireland, Overcoming Adversity in Dementia, Patient and Family Engagement, Peer Support Network (PSN) Services, Peer Support Networks, Personal Resilience, Positive Engagement, Psychological Coping Skills, Psychosocial Interventions to Support Resilience, Reciprocal Support, Reducing Adversity of Social Isolation, Reducing Adversity of Stigma, Reducing Social Isolation, Resilience, Resilience and Vulnerability, Resilience to Dementia Disability and Frailty, School of Nursing and Midwifery: National University of Ireland, Self-Esteem (Peer Support), Self-Worth, Social Networks, Stigma-Free Space, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Supportive Social Networks, Systematic Literature Reviews, Visual Arts Enrichment Activities (VAEA), Wellness and Resilience | Leave a comment

Developments in Smart Assistive Technology to Support People With Dementia (Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic investigates the use of remote “sensing technology” to assess behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and for monitoring people with dementia more generally. The broad categories of technology considered include (i) wearable sensors, (ii) non-wearable … Continue reading →

Elderly Depression and Dementia: Underlying Relationships? (Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A systematic review examines the relationship(s) between depression and dementia in old age, exploring multiple possible explanations: Depressive symptoms may be a risk factor for dementia. Depressive symptoms may be a prodromal symptom of dementia. Depressive symptoms may be … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Anhedonia, Behavioural Risk Factors, Belgium, Center for Neurosciences (C4N): Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Conversion From Depressive Symptoms to Dementia in the Elderly, Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Dementia and Depression, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Biomedical Sciences: University of Antwerp, Department of Electrical Engineering: Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Neurology: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology: Ghent University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Depression and Dementia, Depression in Dementia: Risk Factors, Depressive Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Decline, Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly, Depressive Syndrome, Eindhoven University of Technology, Epidemiology, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab: Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Hypothetical Prodromes of Dementia, Increasing Depressive Symptoms Associated with a Higher Risk of Dementia, Increasing Depressive Symptoms: Statistical Prodrome of Dementia, Institute Born-Bunge: University of Antwerp, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Positive Affect, Melancholic Symptoms, Motivational Symptoms, Netherlands, Overlapping Risk Factors, Personality Traits (Risk Factors), Prodromal Dementia, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Depression, Risk Factors for Late-Life Depression, Risk Factors of Depression and Dementia in Elderly, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Dementia, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, University of Antwerp, Vegetative Symptoms, Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Leave a comment

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (JGCR)

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) is characterised mainly by impaired perceptual speed, episodic memory, semantic memory, attention and executive function. It has much in common with global cognitive impairment, and diagnosis may overlap with that for Alzheimer’s Disease or other … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Amyloid, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β Protein, Boston Radiological Criteria for Probable CAA, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA), Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA): Clinical Manifestations, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA): Psychiatric Manifestations, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA): Psychopathology, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Neuropsychiatric Patterns, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Psychiatric Presentations in Old Age, Cognitive Impairment, Computed Tomography (CT) Scan, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Differential Diagnosis, Impulsivity, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Zealand, Waitemata District Health Board (Auckland) | Leave a comment

Terminal Lucidity: a Brief Exploration (BBC Radio 4 / PubMed / Google Scholar)

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Unexpected (apparent?) return of mental clarity and cognitive function in cases of severe dementia, shortly before death – a widely under-recognised phenomenon? Questions, about the fundamental relationship between brain and mind, are explored in an open-minded and even-handed manner. … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Altered States of Consciousness, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4’s Out of the Ordinary Programme, Cognitive Fluctuations, Fluctuations, Gamma Rhythms, Lightning Before Death, Relationship Between Brain and Mind (Flipped Perspective), Serotonin Levels, Terminal Lucidity, Unexpected Lucidity | Leave a comment

Flavonols Re-Visited (Neurology / NHS Digital – Behind the Headlines / Bazian)

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A study has found that older adults consuming diets high in flavonols (found in tea, red wine, fruit and green vegetables) had a 40% lower chance of developing Alzheimer’s Disease compared to persons consuming diets lower in flavonols. “Higher dietary intakes … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Bazian, Behind the Headlines, DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods (USDA), Diet and Cognitive Decline, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Dietary Factors, Dietary Risk Factors, Flavonoids, Flavonols, Fruit, Green Vegetables, Improving Dietary Habits, Isorhamnetin, Isorhamnetin (Found in Pears Olive Oil Wine and Tomato Sauce), Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Kaempferol, Kaempferol (Found in Kale Beans Tea and Spinach), Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diets, Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND Diets), Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay: MIND, Memory and Aging Project (MAP), Myricetin, Myricetin (Found in Tea Wine Kale Oranges and Tomatoes), Neurological Sciences: Rush University Medical Center, Neurology (Journal), Neuroprotective Dietary Patterns Associated With Better Cognitive Performance, Quercetin, Quercetin (Found in Tomatoes Kale Apples and Tea), Red Wine, Risk and Protective Factors for Alzheimer's Disease, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), Rush University Medical Center, Tea, Tufts University, United States, US National Institutes for Health, USA, USDA Agricultural Research Service | Leave a comment

Category Archives: International

More on the Possible Role of Neuroinflammation in Frontotemporal Dementia (Bazian / Brain)

Elderly Depression and Dementia: Underlying Relationships? (Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (JGCR)

Terminal Lucidity: a Brief Exploration (BBC Radio 4 / PubMed / Google Scholar)

Flavonols Re-Visited (Neurology / NHS Digital – Behind the Headlines / Bazian)

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