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Tag Archives: Early-Onset Dementia
More on the Possible Role of Neuroinflammation in Frontotemporal Dementia (Bazian / Brain)
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
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Investigations Into the Early Signs, Symptoms and Family Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease (BMJ Open / International Psychogeriatrics)
Summary A literature review analyses the sequence / timing of the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. The authors distinguish between the early signs of late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) and those of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD). Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aberrant Motor Behaviour, Acalculia, Agitation, Alexia, Anomia, Anosognosia, Anxiety, Apathy, Australia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Box Hill Hospital (Victoria), Cognitive Impairment, Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Disinhibition, Early Detection of Preclinical Disease, Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD), Early-Onset Dementia, Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic: Box Hill Hospital, Experiences, Experiences of the Transition to Dementia, Family and Caregiver Experiences, Family Members' Experiences of Pre-Diagnostic Phase of Dementia, Hallucination, Initial Onset and Diagnosis, Institute for Health Research: University of Bedfordshire, International Psychogeriatrics, Irritability, Late Onset Dementia, Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences: University of Melbourne, Neuroscience Department: Box Hill Hospital, Olfactory Disturbances, Patient and Carer Experiences, Patient Experiences, Pre-Diagnostic Phase of Dementia, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Indicators in Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Phase of Dementia, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, School of Life Sciences: University of Hull, Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, University of Bedfordshire, University of Hull, University of Melbourne, Weight Loss, Young Onset Dementia (YOD), Young-Onset Dementia
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Dementia Evidence Toolkit Launched (PSSRU at LSE / MODEM / NIHR)
Summary The new Dementia Evidence Toolkit has been built on a database of 3,000 journal articles and 700 reviews of research studies. This ambitious and world-leading online resource aims to offer a one-stop “hub” from which to access the latest evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged ADLs/IADLs, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Ageing Population, Alzheimer’s Disease, Care Home Admission Delay, Carer Burden, Carer Outcomes (Financial Burden and More), Carers’ Mental Health, Carers’ Physical Health, Choice in Health and Social Care, Co-Morbidities, Cognition, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Community Settings, Consumer Experiences of Health and Social Care, Day Care, Dementia (General / Unspecified), Dementia Evidence Toolkit, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Database, Dementia Evidence Toolkit (MODEM): Evidence Summaries, Dementia Research, Dementia: What Works?, Depression and Anxiety, Early-Onset Dementia, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Education and Staff Training, ESCR and NIHR’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Extra Care Housing, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, Global Leadership, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Services, Hospital Inpatient Care, Hospital Outpatient Care, Hospital Use Reduction, Huntingtons, Innovation in Health and Social Care, Instruments Measuring Carer Burden, Lewy Body Dementia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Long Term Residential Care Without Medically Trained Staff, LSE's Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Memory Clinics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia Project (MODEM), MODEM, MODEM (Modelling the Outcome and Cost Impacts of Interventions for Dementia) Project, Museums, Music Therapy, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)’s Improving Dementia Care Initiative, Nursing Homes, Outcomes, Parkinson’s Dementia, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Physical Health, Pick’s Disease, Prevention and/or Management of Co-morbidities, Primary Care, Professor Martin Knapp: Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), PSSRU at LSE, Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Of Life Of Person With Dementia, Satisfaction With Care/services, Service Cost Reductions, Service Use, Specialist Dementia Centre Care / Memory Clinics, Staff Training, Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences (STAR), START: STrAtegies for RelaTives, STrAtegies for RelaTives (START), Supporting People with Dementia and Their Carers in Health and Social Care, Types of Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Workforce Training
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Videos and Statistics for Dementia Awareness Week (2015): Thinking Ahead (Department of Health / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary Dementia Awareness Week occurs this year between May 17th – 23rd 2015. The theme this year is about living a good life with dementia (as far as possible), and preserving self-esteem, dignity and independence. Five videos have been released … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Bath and North East Somerset, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Community Care, Community Care Model for Dementia at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week (2015): Thinking Ahead, Dementia Services in Tower Hamlets (London), Dementia Support Workers, Dementia Support Workers in Bath and North East Somerset, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Department of Health’s Post Diagnosis Working Group, Early-Onset Dementia, Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Information and Advice, Informed Choice, Involvement and Participation, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Multi-Disciplinary Case Management, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Working, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Patient Activation, Patient and Public Voice, Patient Choice, Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Remember the Person, Scale of Dementia (Statistics), Shires Community Support Team in Derbyshire, Thinking Ahead: Dementia Awareness Week (2015), Tower Hamlets
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Promoting Awareness of Current Trials and Encouraging Public Engagement in Dementia Research (NIHR / Join Dementia Research)
Summary The “Join Dementia Research” website has been designed to assist people to learn more about dementia research which is ongoing, whether in their local areas or across the UK. This service offers the public opportunities to get involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Days of Dementia Research: Advent Calendar 2014, Advent Calendar: 24 Days of Dementia Research (2014), AFFECT Study, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Amlodipine, Amyloid and Tau Imaging, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Imaging, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), “GE180” Study, Bangor University, Behavioural Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biomarkers, Brain Beta Amyloid Load, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapies (CRTs), Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy, DAPA - Dementia and Physical Activity Trial, DAPA Study, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Centre (DRC) at University College London, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementias and neurodegeneration (DeNDRoN) Specialty, Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), DeNDRoN: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network, Diagnostic Testing, Down Syndrome, Dr Tamara Al-Janabi: University College London, Early-Onset Dementia, Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Environmental Hazards, Environmental Issues, Epidemiology, Exercise, Exercise And Lifestyle For Older People, Exercise for Dementia, Exercise Medicine, Exercise Therapy, GE180, GE180 Tracer / Marker, Genetic Triggers, Genetics, Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial (GREAT), GREAT Study: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in EArly sTage Dementia, GREAT: Goal-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Trial, IDEAL Project, IDEAL Project: Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health at Bangor University, IDEAL Study, Imperial College London, Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL), Inflammation, Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Join Dementia Research, Join Dementia Research National Service, Join Dementia Research: Recruitment Onto Dementia Studies, Kings College London, Leuco-Methylthioninium (LMTM), Living Well with Dementia, Living Well With Memory Difficulties’ (GREAT Study), London Down Syndrome Consortium (LonDownS), MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation and Amyloid Study, NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Participation in Research, Participation in Research Studies, Patient Involvement in Research, Patient Participation Groups, Patient Participation Groups (PPGs), Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Practice Participation Groups, Pre-Dementia (MCI), PREVENT Study, Prevention, Prevention of Vascular Dementia, Professor Simon Lovestone: King’s College London’s Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Prophylaxis, PROTECT Study, Public Health, Public Involvement in Research, Public Participation in Research, Regular Exercise, Research Engagement and Involvement Activities, Science of Ageing, Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia (SIVD), Subcortical Vascular Dementia, Talking Therapies, University College London, University College London (UCL), University of Warwick, University of Warwick Medical School, Vascular Dementia: Prevention, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick, Young Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (YOAD) Study, Young Onset Dementia (YOD), Young-Onset Dementia
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