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Tag Archives: Risk and Protective Factors
More on the The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Lancet)
Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has produced recommendations for the prevention of dementia, proposing a “life-course model of dementia prevention” incorporating nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia. The commission also offers recommendations about the pharmacological, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Alzheimer's Research UK, Australia, Barriers to Support, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Brighton and Sussex Medical School: University of Sussex, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Canada, Center for Innovative Care in Aging: Johns Hopkins University, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Manchester, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Sussex, Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research (Innlandet Hospital Trust), Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health: University of Exeter, Centre for the Health Care of Elderly People: Dalhousie University, Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dalhousie University (Halifax; Canada), Delivery of Improved Practice by Increasing Knowledge and Informing Changes in Practice and Culture, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Health Promotion: Tel-Aviv University, Department of Medicine: University of Washington, Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioural Sciences: Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Johns Hopkins Bayview, Department of Psychiatry: University of Michigan, Department Psychosocial and Community Health: University of Washington, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Faculty of Medicine: University of Oslo, France, Geriatric Medicine: Dalhousie University, Healthy Ageing, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lifestyles and Public Health Programmes, Healthy Living, Heczeg Institute on Aging: Tel Aviv University, Increasing Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors, Innlandet Hospital Trust (Norway), Inserm: Unit 1061, Institute of Health and Society: University of Oslo, Institute of Neurology: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Israel, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine, La Colombière Hospital, Lancet, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), Later Life, LCDPIC: Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology: University of Southern California, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Life-Course Model of Dementia Prevention, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department: University College London, Maximising Benefits to People Living With Dementia and Their Families of Seeking and Receiving a Diagnosis of Dementia, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical School: University of Exeter, Mediterranean Diet, Midlife Hypertension, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life: Tel Aviv University, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National Ageing Research Institute (Australia) Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age: University of Melbourne, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuropsychiatry - 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Physical Activity Guidelines (BBC News / DHSC)
Summary Physical activity helps to protect against various chronic conditions, including Type 2 diabetes (by 40%), coronary heart disease (by 35%) and depression (by 30%), according to guidance from the four UK Chief Medical Officers. Full Text Link Reference Strengthen … Continue reading →
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The State of Dementia Research Globally: World Alzheimer Report 2018 (Alzheimer’s Disease International)
Summary The World Alzheimer Report 2018, entitled “The state of the art of dementia research: New frontiers”, reviews developments in dementia research, without glossing-over the absence of significant disease-modifying pharmacological treatment breakthroughs for around 20 years. This report examines wide-ranging … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Roadmap for Dementia Research (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary Moving beyond the concentration upon research devoted to the discovery of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of dementia / Alzheimer’s Disease, the authors instead worked on a roadmap of complementary (non-pharmacological) research ambitions in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Attitudes Towards Dementia Report (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research UK)
Summary Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) have released a detailed report covering survey results about public attitudes towards dementia in the UK. Wave 1 of the Dementia Attitudes Monitor attempts to clarify the current state (using data from 2018) of the … Continue reading →
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Health Benefits From Muscle and Bone Strengthening Exercises and Balance Activity (BBC News / PHE / Centre for Ageing Better / NHS England)
Summary A review commissioned by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better indicates that muscle and bone strengthening, and balance activities, bring health benefits for adults of all ages, including older adults. Poor muscle strength increases the risk … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Coffee / Caffeine Consumption and Dementia Risk Reduction in Women (NHS Choices / Journal of Gerontology: Series A)
Summary Researchers investigating caffeine consumption in postmenopausal women consider they may have found further evidence for an inverse (“protective”) association between caffeine intake and age-related cognitive impairment and / or risk of dementia. Statistics reveal what is interpreted as a … 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, Statistics, Universal Interest
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