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Nursing Standard, 2016 'The dementia case-finding tool can be used by care workers to identify care home residents who may have dementia. Used before a clinician's visit, it means their time is more focused'.
Ljubenkov, Peter A, Geschwind, Michael D
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021 Background Data sparsity is a major limitation to estimating national and global dementia burden. Surveys with full diagnostic evaluations of dementia prevalence are prohibitively resource-intensive in many settings.
GBD 2019 Dementia Collaborators
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Biology, 2023 Global cerebral ischemia can elicit rapid innate neuroprotective mechanisms that protect against delayed neuronal death. Brain-derived 17β-estradiol (BDE2), an endogenous neuroprotectant, is synthesized from testosterone by the enzyme aromatase (Aro) and
Jing Xu +7 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Hearing and vision loss in older people has been proven to affect physical and mental health and increase the speed of cognitive decline. Studies have demonstrated that certain practices and improved staff knowledge increase the effective care
Wendy Andrusjak +2 more
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Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2020 Background There is increasing interest in improving understanding of the timing and nature of early neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and developing methods to measure this in vivo.
Philip S. J. Weston +12 more
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Development and Validation of eRADAR: A Tool Using EHR Data to Detect Unrecognized Dementia. [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectivesEarly recognition of dementia would allow patients and their families to receive care earlier in the disease process, potentially improving care management and patient outcomes, yet nearly half of patients with dementia are undiagnosed. Our aim
Barnes, Deborah E +7 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Unmanaged cardiometabolic health, low physical and cognitive activity, poor diet, obesity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are modifiable health risk factors for dementia and public health approaches to dementia prevention have been ...
Larissa Bartlett +9 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Dementia Care Mapping™ (DCM) is a widely used, staff-led, psychosocial intervention to support the implementation of person-centred care. Efficacy evaluations in care homes have produced mixed outcomes, with implementation problems identified.
Alys Wyn Griffiths +4 more
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What Can Quantitative Gait Analysis Tell Us about Dementia and Its Subtypes? A Structured Review [PDF]
, 2017 Distinguishing dementia subtypes can be difficult due to similarities in clinical presentation. There is increasing interest in discrete gait characteristics as markers to aid diagnostic algorithms in dementia.
Galna, Brook +5 more
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Dementia Prevalence Estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparison of two Diagnostic Criteria. [PDF]
, 2013 We have previously reported the prevalence of dementia in older adults living in the rural Hai district of Tanzania according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) criteria.
Chaote, Paul +9 more
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