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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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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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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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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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Developing Dementia-Friendly Tourism Destinations: An Exploratory Analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Dementia is emerging as a global issue. Increases in life expectancy create an older population structure with accompanying health needs but also high lifestyle expectations.
Alzheimer’s Society, Anthea Innes, Argyle M., Bryman A., Cassolato C., Clare Cutler, Clift S., Hall C. M., House of Commons Commission and Local Government and Communities, Houston A., Innes A., Innes A., Johnson A., Kazeminia A., Kleiber D., Kuzamanov C., Luengo-Fernandez R., Mapes N., McCabe S., Morrison A., Page S. J., Paillard-Borg S., Prime Ministers Dementia Challenge, Ritchie J. B., Scott D., Smith D. M., Stationery Office, Stephen J. Page, Tedrick T., UNWTO, VisitEngland, Wilkes J., Woods S.   +32 more
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Nutrition and Dementia [PDF]

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2012
Dementia is a progressive decline in the ability to remember, learn, understand, and communicate. Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the most common form of dementia in the elderly, affecting about 28 million individuals worldwide. Current treatments for AD and other dementias are sorely limited, falling short of preventing or significantly slowing ...
COPPEDE', FABIO, P. Bosco, A. Fuso, A. M. Troen   +3 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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Microglia in action: how ageing and injury can change the brain's guardians

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2015
Neuroinflammation, the inflammatory response in the CNS, is a major determinant of neuronal function and survival during ageing and disease progression.
Athanasios eLourbopoulos, Ali eErturk, Farida eHellal   +2 more
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Vascular Dementia

Focus, 2015
(Reprinted with permission from Lancet 2015; 386:1698-706).
O'Brien JT, Thomas A
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Autophagic and endo-lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease

Molecular Brain, 2019
Due to their post-mitotic state, metabolic demands and often large polarised morphology, the function and survival of neurons is dependent on an efficient cellular waste clearance system both for generation of materials for metabolic processes and ...
Bilal R. Malik, Daniel C. Maddison, Gaynor A. Smith, Owen M. Peters   +3 more
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