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Information Resource on Lewy Body Dementia (National Institute on Aging: USA)

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary More than 1 million Americans may be affected by Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). This information resource from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) / National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA has been written to assist people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Agitation, Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Teens, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Anxiety, Behavior and Mood Changes, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Delusions, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dreaming in Dementia: REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Family Caregiver Alliance (US), Federal Government (US), Fluctuating Cognition, Fluctuations, Fritz Jakob Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950), Hallucinations, Information for Carers, LBD Symptoms, Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Lewy Body Dementia Association, Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Society, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), LRP: Lewy-Related Pathology, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Mood Changes, Movement Symptoms, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Aging (US), National Parkinson Foundation (US), Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Palliative Care, Paranoia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (US), Parkinsonism, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Disorder, RBD: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder, REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Severe Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Sleep and Dementia, Sleep Disorders, Synucleinopathy, Tests Used to Diagnose LBD, United States, US National Institute on Aging, USA | Leave a comment

Problem Gambling Briefing (LGA / PHE / BBC News / Various)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary International evidence indicates that the increasing availability of gambling opportunities is associated with an increase in problem gambling. This briefing from the Local Government Association (LGA) and Public Health England (PHE) offers advice for local government on reducing the problems … 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, Mental Health, National, Parkinson's Disease, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit: Douglas Hospital, Austria, Brain Reward System, British Gambling Prevalence Survey (BGPS), Canada, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Community-Based Interventions, Compulsive Buying, Compulsive Gambling, Consumer Neuroscience, Consumer Vulnerability, Councillors, Department of Elderly Medicine: Wythenshawe Hospital, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry: Linz General Hospital, Department of Neurology: Innsbruck Medical University, Disordered Gambling, Douglas Hospital (Canada), Endorphin Rush, Euphoria (Addictive Behaviour), European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Conference in Berlin (2014), Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Gambling Addiction, Gambling Disorders, Gambling Disorders in Dementia, Gambling Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease, Gambling Risk Continuum, Harms from Problem Gambling, Huntington’s Disease, Imperial College London, Impetuosity, Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders, Impulsivity, Innsbruck Medical University, LGA: Local Government Association, Lie/Bet Questionnaire, Lie/Bet Screening Tool, Linz General Hospital (Austria), Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Interventions, Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark), McGill Centre for Studies in Aging: Douglas Hospital, Natural Opioid System in Brain, Neuromarketing, Neuropsychiatric Complications in Parkinson's Disease, Nottingham Trent University, Pathological Gamblers, Pathological Gambling, PHE: Public Health England, Prevalence of Problem Gambling, Problem Gamblers, Problem Gambling, Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario, Problem Gambling Severity Index, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Reward Centre, The Brain Prize (Lundbeck Foundation), Wythenshawe Hospital (Manchester) | Leave a comment

Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Compared (Alzheimer’s Show / BrainHub TV)

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This BrainHub TV video includes highlights of an interview with Cecilia Yardley (Senior Partnerships Officer, The Lewy Body Society) at the Alzheimer’s Show 2013. Topics discussed relate to: The differences between Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis-related problems … Continue reading →

Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Alzheimer’s Show 2013, AlzShow2013, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Arts and Music in Dementia, BrainHub TV, Cecilia Yardley (Lewy Body Society and Parkinson’s UK), Dementia and Music, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Fluctuating Cognition, Information and Advice, Information for Patients, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Law Society, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Society, Lost Chord, Music, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD), REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Severe Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Social Media, Spirit of Creation, Sweet Tree Home Care Services | Leave a comment

SPECT Imaging of Suspected Dementia with Lewy Bodies (BMJ Open)

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This article reviews progress in the use of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) for the diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). The authors conclude that systematic visual analyses of ((123)I)FP-CIT SPECT images may be used to detect people … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews | Tagged (123)I-FP-CIT: (123)I-2beta-carbometoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane, (123I)FP-CIT SPECT, Acting Out Dreams: Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Aβ Deposition in DLB, Amyloid Beta Protein, Applied Radiology, BMJ Open, Brain Imaging, Centre for Age-Related Medicine: Stavanger University Hospital, Clinically Uncertain Parkinsonism Syndrome Study, Clinician Assessment of Cognitive Fluctuations (COGA), Computed Tomography (CT), Dementia in Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, DemWest Database, DemWest Study, Department of Psychiatry: Stavanger University Hospital, Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Differential Diagnosis, Disease Predictors, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dream Enactment Behaviour During Sleep, Dreaming in Dementia: REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and Synucleinopathy, Early Diagnosis, Early Differential Diagnosis, Fluctuating Cognition, Fluctuation Assessment Scales, FP-CIT Binding to DAT and SERT, Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Mayo Fluctuation Questionnaire, Mayo Sleep Questionnaire, Montreal General Hospital, MRI, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Norway, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Parkinsonism, PDD: Parkinson's Disease with Dementia, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Disorder, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD), RBD: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder, REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, S−CF+ Cases, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT or Less Commonly SPET), Sleep Disorders, SPECT, Stavanger University Hospital; Norway, Synucleinopathy, Visual Hallucinations, Visually Rated ((123)I)FP-CIT SPECT | Leave a comment

REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder: an Early Window on Neurodegeneration (Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), involving loss of the normal atonia during REM sleep and causing patients to “act out” their dreams, offers several promising research opportunities. Patients with RBD are at high risk of developing synuclein-mediated … Continue reading →

Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Abnormal Substantia Nigra Neuroimaging, Acting Out Dreams: Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Association of RBD with Synucleinopathies, Canada, Centre d'Études Avance´es en Me´decine du Sommeil, Decreased Color Vision, Dementia in Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Department of Neurology: McGill University, Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Differential Diagnosis, Disease Predictors, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dream Enactment Behaviour During Sleep, Dreaming in Dementia: REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and Synucleinopathy, Early Diagnosis, Early Differential Diagnosis, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Montreal General Hospital, MRI Brain Imaging, MRI Scans, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Neurodegeneration, Neuroprotection, Olfactory Loss, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, PDD: Parkinson's Disease with Dementia, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Disorder, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD), RBD: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder, REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Sleep Disorders, Slowing on Quantitative Motor Testing, SPECT, Substantia Nigra, Synucleinopathy, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements | 1 Comment

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