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Dementias show differential physiological responses to salient sounds

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015
Abnormal responsiveness to salient sensory signals is often a prominent feature of dementia diseases, particularly the frontotemporal lobar degenerations, but has been little studied. Here we assessed processing of one important class of salient signals,
Phillip David Fletcher, Jennifer eNicholas, Timothy J Shakespeare, Laura eDowney, Hannah eGolden, Jennifer L Agustus, Camilla eClark, Cath eMummery, Jonathan eSchott, Sebastian eCrutch, Jason eWarren   +10 more
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Glymphatic failure as a final common pathway to dementia

Science, 2020
Sleep is evolutionarily conserved across all species, and impaired sleep is a common trait of the diseased brain. Sleep quality decreases as we age, and disruption of the regular sleep architecture is a frequent antecedent to the onset of dementia in ...
M. Nedergaard, S. Goldman
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Change in modifiable dementia risk factors during COVID‐19 lockdown: The experience of over 50s in Tasmania, Australia

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2021
Introduction Containment measures implemented to minimize the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are reported to be negatively affecting mental health, diet, and alcohol consumption.
Larissa Bartlett, James J. R. Brady, Maree Farrow, Sarang Kim, Aidan Bindoff, Hannah Fair, James C. Vickers, Duncan Sinclair   +7 more
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Reframing dementia care in Maltese Hospitals [PDF]

, 2016
This commentary addresses the urgent need to improve the care of patients with dementia and cognitive impairment in Maltese hospitals by proposing a number of dementia-friendly hospital-based initiatives.
Scerri, Anthony, Scerri, Charles
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Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies

Neurology, 2017
The Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) Consortium has refined its recommendations about the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of DLB, updating the previous report, which has been in widespread use for the last decade.
I. McKeith, B. Boeve, D. Dickson, G. Halliday, John-Paul Taylor, D. Weintraub, D. Aarsland, J. Galvin, J. Attems, C. Ballard, Ashley Bayston, T. Beach, F. Blanc, N. Bohnen, L. Bonanni, J. Bras, P. Brundin, D. Burn, A. Chen-Plotkin, J. Duda, O. El‐Agnaf, H. Feldman, T. Ferman, D. Ffytche, H. Fujishiro, D. Galasko, J. Goldman, S. Gomperts, N. Graff-Radford, L. Honig, Á. Iranzo, K. Kantarci, D. Kaufer, W. Kukull, V. Lee, J. Leverenz, S. Lewis, C. Lippa, A. Lunde, M. Masellis, E. Masliah, P. McLean, B. Mollenhauer, T. Montine, E. Moreno, E. Mori, Melissa M Murray, J. O'Brien, Sotoshi Orimo, R. Postuma, S. Ramaswamy, O. Ross, D. Salmon, A. Singleton, Angela S. Taylor, Alan J. Thomas, P. Tiraboschi, J. Toledo, J. Trojanowski, D. Tsuang, Z. Walker, M. Yamada, K. Kosaka   +62 more
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Impact of dementia education and training on health and social care staff knowledge, attitudes and confidence: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The aim of this study was to establish the impact of dementia education and training on the knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health and social care staff.
Sahdia Parveen, Jan R Oyebode, Sarah Jane Smith, Cara Sass, Andrea Capstick, Alison Dennison, Claire A Surr   +6 more
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A critical literature review exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia in the acute hospital setting [PDF]

, 2008
Aim. This paper considers the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia and the possible strategies to overcome barriers to endof-life care in these patients. Background.
Birch, Deborah, Draper, Janet
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A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of dementia in europe. estimates from the highest-quality studies adopting the dsm iv diagnostic criteria [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), is one of the most burdensome medical conditions. Usually, the reviews that aim at calculating the prevalence of dementia include estimates from studies without assessing their methodological ...
Bacigalupo, I, Canevelli, M, Di Fiandra, T, Di Pucchio, A, Lacorte, E, Marzolini, F, Mayer, F, Vanacore, N.   +7 more
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Identifying individuals with high risk of Alzheimer’s disease using polygenic risk scores

Nature Communications, 2021
While polygenic risk scores have been shown to be correlated with disease risk, there is little agreement on how the score should be calculated. Here the authors investigate risk scores for Alzheimer’s disease, finding that the most effective approach ...
Ganna Leonenko, Emily Baker, Joshua Stevenson-Hoare, Annerieke Sierksma, Mark Fiers, Julie Williams, Bart de Strooper, Valentina Escott-Price   +7 more
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Challenges and Lifelines: What Was Important to Family Carers of People With Dementia Accessing the Admiral Nurse Services, a Specialist Family-Centered Dementia Support?

SAGE Open, 2019
Admiral Nurses (ANs), specialists in dementia, provide care management to families affected by dementia. A survey was designed to explore family carers’ views on the care received.
Laura Maio, Julia Botsford, Karen Harrison Dening, Steve Iliffe   +3 more
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