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Agents of change: establishing quality improvement collaboratives to improve adherence to Australian clinical guidelines for dementia care

Implementation Science, 2018
Background Dissemination of clinical practice guidelines alone is insufficient to create meaningful change in clinical practice. Quality improvement collaborative models have potential to address the evidence-practice gap in dementia care because they ...
Monica Cations, Maria Crotty, Janna Anneke Fitzgerald, Susan Kurrle, Ian D. Cameron, Craig Whitehead, Jane Thompson, Billingsley Kaambwa, Kate Hayes, Lenore de la Perrelle, Gorjana Radisic, Kate E. Laver   +11 more
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People living in nursing care facilities who are ambulant and fracture their hips: description of usual care and an alternative rehabilitation pathway

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Little is known about treatment provided to people living in nursing care facilities (NCFs) after hospital admission for hip fracture. In addition, there are no clinical guidelines for rehabilitation and recovery following hip fracture for ...
Maggie Killington, Owen Davies, Maria Crotty, Rhiannon Crane, Naomi Pratt, Kylie Mills, Arabella McInnes, Susan Kurrle, Ian D. Cameron   +8 more
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SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Complex medication regimens are highly prevalent in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Strategies to reduce unnecessary complexity may be valuable because complex medication regimens can be burdensome for residents and are costly in ...
Janet K. Sluggett, Esa Y. H. Chen, Jenni Ilomäki, Megan Corlis, Sarah N. Hilmer, Jan Van Emden, Choon Ean Ooi, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Tracy Comans, Michelle Hogan, Tessa Caporale, Susan Edwards, Lyntara Quirke, Allan Patching, J. Simon Bell   +14 more
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Increasing the uptake of vitamin D supplement use in Australian residential aged care facilities: results from the vitamin D implementation (ViDAus) study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Adequate (≥800 IU/day) vitamin D supplement use in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs) is variable and non-optimal. The vitamin D implementation (ViDAus) study aimed to employ a range of strategies to support the uptake of this
Pippy Walker, Annette Kifley, Susan Kurrle, Ian D. Cameron   +3 more
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Hypertension and cognitive decline [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1999
Significant associations have been reported between cognitive decline, dementia and measures of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Such findings raise important possibilities for prevention of dementia through reducing the burden of vascular pathology.
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Psychotropic medications in older people in residential care facilities and associations with quality of life: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Psychotropic medications have been associated with many adverse outcomes in older people living in residential care. Home-like models of residential care may be preferable to traditional models of care and we hypothesized that this model may ...
Stephanie L. Harrison, Clare Bradley, Rachel Milte, Enwu Liu, Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell, Sarah N. Hilmer, Maria Crotty   +6 more
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Subjective Cognitive Decline and Related Cognitive Deficits

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Since late stage dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), cannot be reversed by any available drugs, there is increasing research interest in the preclinical stage of AD, i.e., subjective cognitive decline (SCD).
Tong Si, Guoqiang Xing, Ying Han, Ying Han, Ying Han   +4 more
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Steeper memory decline after COVID-19 lockdown measures

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2023
Background During COVID-19 lockdown measures, memory clinic patients reported worries for faster cognitive decline, due to loss of structure and feelings of loneliness and depression. We aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on rate of
Els D. Bakker, Stéphanie L. van der Pas, Marissa D. Zwan, Freek Gillissen, Femke H. Bouwman, Philip Scheltens, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Ingrid S. van Maurik   +7 more
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Subjective Cognitive Decline

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2015
Perceived decline in cognition in the absence of what is commonly termed ‘objective evidence’ is frequently referred to as subjective cognitive decline (SCD). While etiologically heterogeneous and therefore potentially responsive to intervention in some cases, SCD remains primarily associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.
Tales, Andrea, Jessen, Frank, Butler, Christopher, Wilcock, Gordon, Phillips, Judith, Bayer, Tony   +5 more
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Impacts of baseline biomarkers on cognitive trajectories in subjective cognitive decline: the CoSCo prospective cohort study

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2023
Background Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, the rates of cognitive decline are variable according to underlying pathologies and biomarker status.
Yun Jeong Hong, SeongHee Ho, Jee Hyang Jeong, Kee Hyung Park, SangYun Kim, Min Jeong Wang, Seong Hye Choi, Dong Won Yang, CoSCo study group   +8 more
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