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Tag Archives: Reducing the Incidence of Dementia
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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Rates of Dementia Diagnoses Lower Than Predicted (BBC News / Nature Communications)
Summary The predicted explosion of dementia cases, often referred to as the “dementia time-bomb”, could be less severe than previously thought, in men at least. Based on latest data from Cambridgeshire, Nottingham and Newcastle, there could be 40,000 fewer cases … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NIHR, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Bangor University, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: Cambridge University, Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Dementia Incidence Rates By Deprivation and Area, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC Wales): Bangor University, Department of Neuroscience: University of Sheffield, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Department Social Science: Kings College London, Dr James Pickett: Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Society, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine: Newcastle University, Health and Medicine: King’s College London, Health and Society: University of Liverpool, Incidence Studies, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Institute of Psychology: University of Liverpool, Institute of Public Health: Cambridge, Kings College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Collaboration, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Men vs. Women (Diseease Prevalence), MRC Biostatistics Unit (Cambridge), MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS), MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Nature Communications, Neurology, Newcastle, Newcastle University, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Nottingham, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Prevalence of Dementia, Professor Carol Brayne: Department of Public Health and Primary Care at University of Cambridge, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, School of Health Sciences: University of East Anglia, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience: University of Sheffield, Social Epidemiology, University of East Anglia, University of Liverpool, University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield
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Incidence of Dementia May Be Decreasing Slightly – Relative to Previously Expected Rates (BBC News / Lancet Neurology)
Summary The prevalence of dementia in western Europe may be increasing less rapidly than previously predicted. The reason(s) why rates of dementia may be levelling-off, or even falling, is not certain; but improvements in general wellbeing and ongoing work towards … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Specific Prevalence of Dementia, Ageing Policy in Europe, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Aging Research Center: Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm University, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Care Sciences and Society: Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm University, Centre for Ageing and Health: University of Gothenburg, Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Salud Mental (Madrid), Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Neurobiology: Karolinska Institutet-Stockholm University, Department of Psychiatry: Universidad de Zaragoza, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Depression, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Europe, Evidence-Based Policy, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany, Government Policy, Health Policy, Hypertension, Incidence Studies, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology: University of Gothenburg, Institute of Public Health: Cambridge, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Karolinska Institutet-Stockholm University, Lancet Neurology, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Educational Attainment, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Dementia Policy, Netherlands, Neurology, Newcastle University, Obesity, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Sahlgrenska Academy: University of Gothenburg, School of Clinical Medicine: University of Cambridge, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Spain, Stroke, Sweden, Universidad de Zaragoza, University of Cambridge, University of Gothenburg, Vascular Risk Factors, Western Europe, Zaragoza
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