Understanding the training and education needs of homecare workers supporting people with dementia and cancer: a systematic review of reviews [PDF]
, 2020 Many people with dementia, supported by family carers, prefer to live at home and may rely on homecare support services. People with dementia are also often living with multimorbidities, including cancer. The main risk factor for both cancer and dementia
Alzheimer’s Society +18 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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Bilingualism Is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Dementia but Not with a Lower Risk of Developing it: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses. [PDF]
, 2020 Some studies have linked bilingualism with a later onset of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Not all studies have observed such relationships, however.
Brini, S. +9 more
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Finding a way: long-term care homes to support dementia [PDF]
, 2015 An ageing demographic has increased the number of people with dementia. Although dementia is commonly associated with memory loss, other early symptoms include difficulty with wayfinding.
Alzheimer's Society +20 more
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Dementia, music and biometric gaming: Rising to the Dementia Challenge [PDF]
, 2015 In 2012, the U.K. government launched its Dementia Challenge, authorizing additional funding for dementia research and health care. The search for curative medicines is ongoing, but scientific research reveals evidence that music can play a positive role
Guétin S., Helen R. Mitchell, Kubota N.
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A roadmap to develop dementia research capacity and capability in Pakistan: a model for low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To produce a strategic roadmap for supporting the development of dementia research in Pakistan. Background While global research strategies for dementia research already exist, none is tailored to the specific needs and challenges of low ...
Ambily Sathish +28 more
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Investigation of early molecular alterations in tauopathy with generative adversarial networks
Scientific Reports, 2023 The recent advances in deep learning-based approaches hold great promise for unravelling biological mechanisms, discovering biomarkers, and predicting gene function.
Hyerin Kim +4 more
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Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for dementia death:individual participant meta-analysis of 86 508 men and women from the UK [PDF]
, 2013 Background Life-course socioeconomic factors may have a role in dementia aetiology but there is a current paucity of studies. Meta-analyses of individual participant data would considerably strengthen this evidence base.
Cox +12 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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Thalamic white matter macrostructure and subnuclei volumes in Parkinson’s disease depression
npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 Depression is a common non-motor feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) which confers significant morbidity and is challenging to treat. The thalamus is a key component in the basal ganglia-thalamocortical network critical to the pathogenesis of PD and ...
R. Bhome +5 more
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