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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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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 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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Recognising and supporting self in dementia: a new way to facilitate a person-centred approach to dementia care [PDF]
, 2010 This paper reports findings from a three-year study which integrated Kitwood’s (1997) person-centred and Sabat’s (2001) selfhood approaches in the design, fieldwork and analysis of a multi-method observational study that explored the social worlds of 14 ...
Kelly, Fiona
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Facilitating independence: The benefits of a post-diagnostic support project for people with dementia. [PDF]
, 2014 Providing support in the form of information, advice and access to services or social events is promoted as beneficial for people newly diagnosed with dementia and their families. This paper reports on key findings from an evaluation of a post-diagnostic
Innes, Anthea, Kelly, Fiona
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Improving care home design for people with dementia [PDF]
, 2010 With more people with dementia living in care homes in the UK than ever before, there is growing recognition that the design of such internal and external spaces should meet dementia friendly principles.
Innes, Anthea +6 more
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