Podcast – Improving Care & Support for People with Dementia
Dementia ResearcherECRs from Leeds Beckett University talk about their work delivering research on improving care & support for people with dementia
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For One in Four Memory Clinic Patients, Amyloid-PET Changes the Diagnosis
Aβ-PET scans may be the norm for AD research studies, but their use is limited. According to a study published June 11 in JAMA Neurology, the time may have come to expand access to the scans.
Digital Technologies for the Assessment of Cognition: A Clinical Review
Interested in what digital technologies can do for dementia?
Gaining Notoriety, SORL1 Claims Spot Among Top Alzheimer’s Genes
Growing evidence now suggests that a sixth gene, the endocytic receptor SORL1, deserves a look.
Bad Synergy—Together, Vascular Problems and Aβ Hasten Memory Slippage
People at risk for future cardiovascular events also face greater odds of developing memory problems, according to a May 23 study in JAMA Neurology.
“Staying safe” – a narrative review of falls prevention in people with Parkinson’s – “PDSAFE”
Parkinson’s disease demonstrates a spectrum of motor and non-motor symptoms. Falling is common and disabling.
Even Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Raise Risk for Dementia, Parkinson’s
A large body of research has tied traumatic brain injuries to an increased risk for neurodegenerative disease, but many questions remained.
Podcast – Collaborative work in non-cognitive aspects of Alzheimer’s disease
How research has evolved quite considerably from the days of single author papers to exciting collaborations.
Blog – Better Conversations for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia
Anna Volkmer is a NIHR Doctoral Fellow at University College London, in her blog she discusses her work to develop a new speech and language therapy intervention for people with language led dementia.
News From the PET Front: Early Amyloid Networks and Tau Mystery
The advent of PET to image Alzheimer’s pathology in people has handed researchers new tools for staging disease during life, but PET also presents mysteries.
Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data
In this webinar Professor Ruth Hancock analyses the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data.