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Dog Therapy for Dementia? (BMC Psychiatry / Psychogeriatrics / Bazian / BMC Public Health)

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An investigation into the effectiveness of animal assisted therapy (AAT) for people with dementia. Full Text Link Reference Klimova, B. Toman, J. [and] Kuca, K. (2019). Effectiveness of the dog therapy for patients with dementia: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry. September 6th 2019; Vol.19(1): 276. … Continue reading →

Posted in Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged AAA: Animal Assisted Activity, Agria Research Foundation, Alzheimer’s Disease, Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT), Animal-Assisted (Dog) Therapy, Australia, Bazian, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behind the Headlines, Biomedical Research Centre: University Hospital Hradec Kralove, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Public Health, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Canada, Canis Therapy, Centre for Basic and Applied Research: University of Hradec Kralove, Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (Journal), Czech Republic, Deakin University (Victoria; Australia), Dementia Canis Therapy, Dementia Dog, Dementia Dogs, Department of Applied Linguistics: University of Hradec Kralove, Department of Clinical Sciences: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Medical Sciences: Uppsala University, Department of Medicine: Stanford University, Department of Psychology: State University of New York, Department of Surgical Sciences – Orthopedics: Uppsala University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine: Stanford University, Division of Endocrinology: University of Toronto, Division of Ruminant Medicine and Veterinary Epidemiology: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dog Ownership and Decreased Cardiovascular Risk, Dog Ownership and Exercise in the Elderly, Dog Ownership and Lower Risk of Death, Dog Ownership and Physical Activity, Dog Ownership and Survival, Dog Therapy for Dementia, Dog-Assisted Interventions, Dog-Assisted Therapy, Dogs for People with Early Stage Dementia, Faculty of Informatics and Management: University of Hradec Kralove, Glasgow Caledonian University, Human and Animal Interaction, Institutite of Applied Health Research: Glasgow Caledonian University, International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ), ISAZ/WALTHAM Award, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes: Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute: Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory: Uppsala University, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), NHS Digital (Formerly NHS Choices), Pet Therapy, Pets, Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Physical Activity, Psychogeriatrics (Journal), Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), School of Health Sciences: University of Salford, School of Life Sciences: University of Lincoln, School of Social and Political Sciences: University of Melbourne, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute: Stanford University, Stanford Diabetes Research Center: Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine, State University of New York, Sweden, Swedish Research Council for Environmental Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Trained Assistance Dogs for People With Dementia, United States, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, University of Hradec Kralove, University of Lincoln, University of Melbourne, University of Salford, University of Toronto, Uppsala University, USA, WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition (Leicestershire) | Leave a comment

Time for a Complete Reset in Alzheimer’s Disease / Dementia Drugs Research: Never Too Late? (BBC News / Brain / NHS Digital)

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new type of dementia, previously misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s Disease, has been discovered to be prevalent in the oldest of old persons. Perhaps a third of elderly people earlier thought to have Alzheimer’s Disease may have had Limbic-predominant age-related … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Amnestic MCI, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Brain (Journal), Central Clinical School Faculty of Medicine and Health (Sydney Australia), Clinical and Neurocognitive Features of LATE, Consensus Guidelines for LATE-NC Staging, Consensus Proposed LATE-NC TDP-43 Stages, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Drug Trials, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Emory University (Atlanta), FTLD-TDP: Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With TDP-43 Proteinopathy, Harvard University, Hippocampal Atrophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Neurology: Medical University of Vienna, Japan, LATE Biomarkers, LATE Neuropathological Change (LATE-NC), LATE Working Group, Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE), Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville), Mayo Clinic: Rochester, Medical University of Vienna, Misdiagnosis, Misdiagnosis (Potential), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuropathology, Neuropathology in FTLD-tau and FTLD-TDP, Newcastle University, NHS Digital (Formerly NHS Choices), Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia in Oldest Old, Public Health Impact of LATE, Recommendations for Routine Autopsy Evaluation and Classification of LATE-NC, Rush University Medical Center, Stanford University, Subtypes of Dementia, Sweden, TDP-43 Protein, TDP-43 Proteinopathy, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, United States, University of California, University of Cambridge, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Washington, Uppsala University, USA | Leave a comment

Diabetes Patients May Fall Into Five Categories (BBC News / NHS Choices / Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology / BMJ)

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Scandinavian research indicates there may not be simply two diabetic conditions (Type 1 and Type 2). Patients can be separated into five distinct clusters or sub-types, each with distinct symptoms, complications and possible treatments. Cluster 1: Severe Autoimmune Diabetes, … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Academy of Finland, Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, Adult-Onset Diabetes, Aizawa Hospital in Matsumoto, All New Diabetics in Scania (ANDIS), All New Diabetics in Uppsala (ANDIU), Australia, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Melbourne), Behind the Headlines, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CDCP Division of Diabetes Translation (Atlanta), Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention: Division of Diabetes Translation, Declining Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, Diabetes Epidemic, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Prevalence, Diabetes Registry Vaasa (DIREVA), European Association for the Study of Diabetes Conference (2018), European Research Council, European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking, Finland, Folkhälsan Research Foundation, Genetic Research, Glutamate Decarboxylase Antibodies (GADA), Imperial College London, Jakobstadsnejden Heart Foundation, Japan, Journal of Endocrine Society, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, Late-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes (LADA), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lund University, Malmö Diet and Cancer CardioVascular Arm (MDC-CVA) Study, Malmö Diet and Cancer Study, Mild Age-Related Diabetes (Cluster Five), Mild Age-Related Diabetes (MARD), Mild Obesity-Related Diabetes (Cluster Four), Mild Obesity-Related Diabetes (MOD), Monash University: Melbourne, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Obesity-Related Diabetes, Ollqvist Foundation, Personalised Care and Support, Personalised Interventions, Personalised Medicine, Robin Hewings: Diabetes UK, Scandinavia, Scania Diabetes Registry (SDR) Study, Scania University Hospital, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Monash University, School of Public Health Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, Severe Autoimmune Diabetes (Cluster One), Severe Autoimmune Diabetes (SAID), Severe Insulin-Deficient Diabetes (Cluster Two), Severe Insulin-Deficient Diabetes (SIDD), Severe Insulin-Resistant Diabetes (Cluster Three), Severe Insulin-Resistant Diabetes (SIRD), Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Sweden, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Swedish Research Council, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), University of Gothenburg, University of Helsinki, Uppsala Region of Sweden, Uppsala University, USA, Vaasa Health Centre, Vaasa Hospital, Vinnova | Leave a comment

Cancer Survival Trends: International Comparisons (BBC News / British Journal of Cancer)

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research comparing cancer survival trends in England against statistics from five other countries, over 15 years, indicates that England’s performance on cancer survival remains poorer than that in other countries with similar health systems. Survival with breast, colon, rectum, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Australia, BBC Health News, Breast Cancer Now, British Journal of Cancer, Canada, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Group: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Cancer Survival Trends, Cancers, CONCORD Programme, CONCORD-2 Global Study, Department of Immunology Genetics and Pathology: Uppsala University, Department of Oncology: Gävle Hospital, Department of Oncology: Oslo University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences: Uppsala University, European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates 2005-2009, Gävle Hospital (Sweden), International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), International Comparisons, International Variations in Cancer Survival, Jebsen Colorectal Cancer Research Centre: Oslo University Hospital, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Norway, Oslo University Hospital, Progress in Cancer Survival Mortality and Incidence in Seven High-Income Countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2), Secondary Breast Cancer: Diagnosis Delays, Sweden, Uppsala University | Leave a comment

Primary Age Related Tauopathy (PART): A New Type / Cause of Cognitive Impairment?

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors of this article propose the introduction of a new term to describe a pathology found to be commonly present in the brains of aged persons; namely “Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART). Autopsy studies indicate brains with neurofibrillary tangles … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Acta Neuropathologica, Age and Ageing, Age-Related Pathologies, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Amnestic MCI, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Biomarkers, Boston University, Civin Laboratory for Neuropathology: Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Cognitive Ageing, Cognitive Impairment, Columbia University, Columbia University Medical Center, Common Pathology Associated With Human Ageing, Department of Neuroscience: Mayo Clinic, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology: Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Immunology: Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging: University of Kentucky, Departments of Pathology (Neuropathology) and Neurological Sciences: Rush University Medical Center, Division of Neuropathology: University of Pennsylvania, Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta), Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Genetics and Pathology: Uppsala University, Harvard Medical School, Human Ageing Process, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Institute for Ageing and Health: Newcastle University, Institute of Clinical Neurobiology (Vienna), Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Research, Neurofibrillary Tangles, Neurofibrillary Tangles (NFTs), Neuropathologic Disorders, Neuropathology, New York University School of Medicine, Newcastle University, NFT+/Aβ- Brains (Neurofibrillary Tangles Without Amyloid [Aβ] Plaques), Northwestern Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer Disease Center: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, PART: Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, Primary Age Related Tauopathy (PART), Rush University Medical Center (US), Rush University Medical Center: Chicago, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Screening for Cognitive Impairment, Tau, Tau Pathology, Tau Protein, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Tauopathy, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, University of British Columbia, University of California, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Kentucky, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of São Paulo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, University of Ulm, University of Washington, Uppsala University, VA Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine | Leave a comment

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