Dementia and Ageing
Physical activity pre and post dementia: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
... Background: To inform public health interventions, further investigation is needed to identify: (1) frequency/intensity of everyday physical activity (PA) needed to reduce dementia risk; (2) whether post-diagnosis ...
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COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups
... Meeting the objectives of COSMIC will require various data types to be harmonised, but data relating to cognitive outcomes such as impairment and decline are likely to be the most challenging (i.e., more so than ...
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The Agewell trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a behaviour change intervention to promote healthy ageing and reduce risk of dementia in later life
... As dementia- related pathological processes begin more than a decade before symptoms are first observed, there should be scope for greater benefits if interventions are initiated well before any cognitive ...
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Dementia: normal ageing, political cause or social construction
... on dementia has a large impact on how dementia is perceived by individuals who are facing the illness, either as a relative/caregiver or as a person who is experiencing cognitive ...that dementia is ...
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Development of a healthy ageing index in Latin American countries - a 10/66 dementia research group population-based study
... Questions measuring health and disability according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) [10] were used as healthy ageing indicators/ items to build the index. A total of ...
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Protocol for the Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia (DECIDE) study: A nested prospective longitudinal cohort study
... Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) were consulted regarding study design, particularly in terms of acceptability. They also reviewed the lay summary. The proposal was also reviewed by lay ...
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Re designing dementia
... • Hynes S, Field B, Ledgerd R, Swinson T, Wenborn J, Di Bona, L, Moniz- Cook E, Poland F and Orrell M (2016) Exploring the need for a new UK occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and family ...
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Recent global trends in the prevalence and incidence of dementia, and survival with dementia
... of dementia may appear to be increasing, whereas this may signify only that people with dementia are in contact with services for a higher proportion of the overall disease ...of dementia as a cause ...
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Prevalence of preclinical Alzheimer diseaseComparison of current classification systems
... and Ageing (CFAS) population study, one-fifth of elderly without dementia ful- filled neuropathologic criteria for AD, and one-third had moderate to severe plaque ...with dementia was ...
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The impact of social engagement on health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in old age - evidence from a multicenter prospective cohort study in Germany
... on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients; AIM: Aging in Manitoba; CASMIN: Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies ...
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Frontal white matter hyperintensities, clasmatodendrosis and gliovascular abnormalities in ageing and post-stroke dementia
... of dementia according to DSM-IIIR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria; or (iii) declined to take ...for dementia, unlike DSM-IV, which presumes aetiology, as we were interested ...
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Alzheimer’s disease-associated (hydroxy)methylomic changes in the brain and blood
... on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients and Stroke and the Alzheimer ’ s Disease and Related Disorders Association; A β : Amyloid beta; BBDP: Brain and Body Donation Program; BS: ...
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Globalising strategies to meet global challenges : the case of ageing and dementia
... on Dementia (LAC-CD) [2] and the Global Dementia Prevention Program (GloDePP Consortium; Wang, ...Preventing dementia and improving dementia care: setting and addressing research priorities in ...
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2012 That was the year that was
... the ageing process and of our patient ...as ageing has increased in prominence as a focus of research across many branches of the sciences and the ...into ageing which could be considered relevant ...
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Ageing playfully:a story of forgetting and remembering
... Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the people with dementia and their carers who took part in the various workshops and events organised by the Ageing Playfully project at Dolph[r] ...
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Ageing, frailty and resilience in Botswana: rapid ageing, rapid change Findings from a national working group meeting and literature review
... and protect the future health and economy of an ageing Batswana population with a high burden of NCDs. The main priorities for policy-makers must be social care, poverty reduction and healthcare provision, ...
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Evaluating a dementia learning community: exploratory study and research implications
... with dementia; staff qualifica- tions (NVQ/QCF); the facilities’ previous dementia train- ing work, its delivery mode and location; care home managers’ views of the principal issues in dementia care ...
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A new concept to improve the lithium plating detection sensitivity in lithium ion batteries
... several ageing mechanisms, such as Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI) layer growth and mechanical stresses, lithium metal deposition on the graphite negative electrode that occurs during charging is of great ...
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The uses and functions of ageing celebrity war reporters
... This article is concerned with celebrity and ageing in journalism, specifically the sub-field of war reporting. The issue of celebrity has become particularly prominent with the rise of the star war correspondent, ...
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Dementias Caused by Persistent Pathogens and the Protective Role of HLA Against them
... population frequency of HLA DRB1*13:02 doubled, the prevalence of dementia was reduced by one-third (Figure 2b). Remarkably, the frequency of HLA DRB1*13:02 was shown to account for 45.2% of the variance in ...
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