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Tag Archives: Aging
Proportion of People Over 65 Developing Dementia in the USA Decreasing Slightly (BBC News / JAMA Internal Medicine)
Summary Research in the United States indicates that the proportion of elderly people (aged over 65) with dementia has declined from 11.6% in 2000 to 8.8% in 2012. Previously expected future growth rates for the burden of dementia may not … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Aging, Aging Demographics and Memory Study (ADAMS), Andrus Gerontology Center: University of Southern California, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research (Michigan), BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Brain Protection, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Dementia Epidemic, Dementia Prevalence, Demographics, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology and Stroke Program: University of Michigan, Departments of Medicine and Health Services: University of Washington, Diabetes, Educational Attainment, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Framingham Heart Study, Global Prevalence of Dementia, Group Health Research Institute: University of Washington, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research: University of Michigan, JAMA Internal Medicine, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Obesity, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia in the United States, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS), United States, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Southern California, University of Washington, USA
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Prevalence of Dementia in Care Home Residents (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care homes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have dementia or severe memory problems. This estimate is almost 30% higher than … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse and Infringement of Mental Capacity Legislation, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Alzheimer’s Society’s Your handy Guide to Selecting a Care Home, Care Home Comparison Web Sites, Care Home Culture, Care Home Market, Care Homes, Care Homes Public Policy, Care Homes Wellbeing, Choice, Community, Dementia Care in Care Homes, DEMFAM and DEMSTAF, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography, Dignity in Care Champions, Home from Home, Human Rights in Care Homes, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, London Borough of Merton, Low Expectations Report, Market Oversight (Care Homes), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Legislation, PEARL (Positively Enriching And Enhancing Residents’ Lives) Project, Prevalence of Dementia, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Regulation, Residential Care Homes, Social Demographics, Volunteers, Worcestershire Care Home Programme, Worcestershire Dementia Care Training and Development Programme
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Call for Rethink Over Older Cancer Patients (BBC News)
Summary It was already known from previous research into ageism that older NHS patients are less likely to receive surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It has been estimated that if NHS performance was increased to match top international standards then a further 15,000 lives per year could … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Age Discrimination, Age Friendly Cancer Services, Ageing, Ageism, Aging, BBC Health News, Cancer, Comprehensive Care for Older people with Cancer (COCOC) Project, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Comprehensive Health Assessments, Geriatric Oncology Liaison, Improving Cancer Treatment Assessment and Support for Older People Project, International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, National Dementia CQUIN, Well-Being
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Exercise in Old Age Helps Prevent Brain Shrinkage (BBC Health News / Neurology)
[A version of this item features in Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust), Volume 3 Issue 4, November 2012]. Summary Research published in the journal “Neurology” indicates that people aged over 70 who are more physically active tend … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activity, Age UK, Age UK-Funded Disconnected Mind Project, Aging, American Academy of Neurology, BBC Health News, Brain Atrophy, Brain Scans, Brain Shrinkage, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Disconnected Mind Project, Exercise, Exercise Regimens, Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (UK), Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRI Scans, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise Programmes, Prevention, Research Into Ageing Programme, Research Into Aging, Scottish Imaging Network: a Platform for Scientific Excellence: SINAPSE Collaboration, SINAPSE (Scottish Imaging Network), University of Edinburgh, White Matter Integrity, White Matter Lesion (WML)
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