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The National Dementia Care Collaborative (NDCC) aims to improve access to and successful implementation of evidence-based comprehensive dementia care.
Why it matters
The National Dementia Care Collaborative supports health systems in implementing evidence-based comprehensive dementia care models, and 51 new programs began in 2024. It addresses how care is delivered, not how Alzheimer's disease is treated, cured or prevented.
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With increasing dementia prevalence and reliance on spousal care partners, understanding how caregiving identity evolves and how resilience is fostered across the care trajectory is crucial.
Why it matters
From 18 interviews with long-term spousal caregivers, this qualitative study describes how caregiving identity evolves and how caregivers build resilience through adaptation and meaning-making. It focuses on caregiver experience and support, not on treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The global increase in the elderly population, which is expected to reach 2.1 billion by 2050, has highlighted the need for reliable monitoring systems to assist elderly individuals, especially those with dementia.
Why it matters
This describes a smart RFID-driven system using machine learning to monitor and localize dementia patients. It addresses patient tracking and safety, not treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Wprowadzenie Obniżenie poziomu funkcjonowania poznawczego to częsty problem osób w wieku podeszłym, zwłaszcza kobiet, a jednym z czynników ryzyka jest brak aktywności fizycznej.
Why it matters
This study found differences in cognitive screening test results between older women living in a care facility and those attending a university of the third age. It supports screening for cognitive function and mood in women over 60, but it does not test any treatment or prevention.
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Despite having an increased risk of developing dementia, individuals from minority ethnic communities are largely overlooked by research and dementia services and are less likely to receive timely diagnosis and appropriate support.
Why it matters
This project developed culturally tailored workshops and resources to engage minority ethnic communities in the UK around brain health and dementia. It is a practice case study describing the co-production process and evaluation, not a test of whether the approach reduces dementia risk.
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Forty studies were included. Key stakeholders included healthcare professionals (HCPs); family members and caregivers; PWD; dyads (PWD and their caregivers); the broader public; policymakers; and researchers.
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This scoping review of 40 studies identified key stakeholders in advance care planning for people with dementia and found prominent needs around healthcare professional training, education and decision support, early engagement, and dementia-specific tools. It concludes that dementia-specific advance care planning requires a relational, flexible, ethically grounded approach that evolves with the individual's condition.
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Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), is a major cause of death among older adults in the United States.
Why it matters
Dementia-related deaths in U.S. older adults nearly doubled from 1999 to 2020, with the steepest rise in noncore rural counties and more nursing home deaths in rural areas. The paper calls for targeted interventions to reduce geographic disparities but does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention.
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Dementia, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting memory, cognition, and behaviour, poses a major global health challenge in aging populations.
Why it matters
This review discusses how artificial intelligence using neuroimaging, clinical data, speech analysis, and digital biomarkers may improve early detection and classification of dementia. It is a review of diagnostic approaches and does not report any treatment, cure, or prevention.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a neuropsychological clinical condition regarded as a prodromal stage of dementia, characterized by cognitive decline without significant impairment in daily functioning or autonomy.
Why it matters
This review describes MCI as a prodromal stage of dementia and notes that pharmacological management remains limited, though ongoing clinical trials exploring anti-amyloid therapies offer potential hope. It recommends lifestyle modifications as part of a comprehensive therapeutic approach, but does not report results of any specific treatment.
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Precision nutrition is a tailored dietary approach that considers an individual’s genetic and metabolic profile, lifestyle factors, and specific nutritional needs to improve health and potentially modify disease progression.
Why it matters
This narrative review discusses whether tailored nutrition based on genetics, metabolism and the gut microbiome could slow dementia progression. The text states there is no evidence on its targeted application to slow dementia-related progression, so no benefit is established.
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Why it matters
According to this study, there was no improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia. No further details are provided in the available text.
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As states work to maximize limited resources while improving population outcomes, the strategic alignment of planning processes represents a significant opportunity.
Why it matters
This work is about aligning state health improvement, aging, and dementia plans across five states to reduce duplication and improve planning. It does not study any treatment, cure, or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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The results suggest a viable pathway for developing ML support tools to provide feedback on DDP compliance at an early design stage.
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This study uses machine learning to evaluate floor layouts for dementia-friendly design based on visual access. It concerns building design and quality of life, not the treatment, cure or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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Acute ischemic stroke often results in a multitude of neuropsychiatric complications, including depression, dementia, delirium, and fatigue.
Why it matters
This review reports an association between lower vitamin D levels and higher risk of post-stroke symptoms including dementia and delirium, though the exact mechanisms remain incompletely understood. It proposes vitamin D as a potential therapeutic target for preventing and alleviating these post-stroke symptoms.
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Traditional fall prevention activities are not effective in preventing inpatient falls or injuries from falls.
Why it matters
This paper describes applying an Enterprise Risk Management framework to inpatient fall injury prevention and lists dementia among factors that, in combination, predict injuries after falls. It is about preventing fall injuries in hospital, not about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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RELEVANCE . With age, people experience a decline in cognitive and physical functions, which increases the risk of falls, loss of independence, and deterioration in quality of life.
Why it matters
This paper discusses how cognitive training and combined rehabilitation programs may positively affect cognitive abilities, physical activity, and quality of life in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment. It notes there is insufficient data on the extent of this impact, so no new trial results are reported.
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Researchers are focusing on modifiable risk factors for dementia, including sleep disturbances such as insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which are known to increase the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD).
Why it matters
This review describes associations between sleep disturbances and dementia, noting that sleep-related movement disorders were linked to a 4-fold greater risk of all-cause dementia. It states that clear pathological mechanisms and causal relationships are lacking and that more research is needed.
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The study highlights the significant role FCPs play in DSD care and the urgent need for interventions that address their educational and emotional needs to improve patient and caregiver well-being. [ Research in Gerontological Nursing, 18 (3), 113–123.]
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This qualitative study of 12 family care partners found that structured education, proactive caregiving strategies, and empathetic communication are important for improving care outcomes for individuals with delirium superimposed on dementia. It highlights the need for interventions addressing caregivers' educational and emotional needs, but does not test any treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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Social isolation (SI) and loneliness (perceived social isolation) are considered as risk factors for developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), in the elderly population.
Why it matters
This review of animal studies suggests that social isolation may affect Alzheimer's-related brain changes such as amyloid-beta deposition and inflammation in rodents. However, the exact mechanisms by which social isolation raises Alzheimer's risk in people remain unclear, so no prevention or treatment approach can be based on this yet.
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This narrative review focused on research investigating the impact of loneliness on the prevalence of dementia and its relationship with other risk factors.
Why it matters
This narrative review found a consensus that loneliness is linked to higher risk of all-cause dementia, especially subjective loneliness. It found no robust evidence that loneliness causes dementia, and no link was identified between hereditary factors and loneliness.
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The PRISMA-ScR flow diagram will present the results of the search.
Why it matters
This is a protocol for a scoping review that will map existing literature on nurses' use of validated delirium assessment tools and identify barriers to their use. It does not yet report any findings on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Individuals aged 70 and above experiencing memory loss in Cochran and Parmer Counties had a statistically significant association with cognitive impairment (p < 0.001).
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This study found associations between cognitive impairment and factors such as age, memory loss, breast cancer in females, and neurological measures in rural West Texas counties. It identifies risk factors but does not test a treatment or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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The CVI of PAINAD-Th was 1.00 for forward translation and 0.93 for back translation.
Why it matters
This study found the Thai version of the PAINAD scale showed good-to-excellent validity and reliability for assessing pain in people with moderately severe dementia, including those with concurrent delirium. It evaluates a pain assessment tool and does not test any treatment, cure or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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We are building our alliance of empowered young ambassadors, and expect more than 200 youth at Lorenzo’s Youth Summit 2024.
Why it matters
This piece shares the experiences of young people whose parents have younger-onset dementia and describes a model for responding to stigma. It is about advocacy and support and does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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Through systematic instruction and retraining visual and sustained attention, the patient was able to engage meaningfully with a high-tech device to increase functional personal choice when supported by a partner.
Why it matters
This is a single case report showing that a high-tech communication device helped one patient with severe traumatic brain injury engage in functional communication after attention retraining. It does not study Alzheimer's disease and provides only preliminary, anecdotal evidence.
From across this topic
10 of the 7,967 studies in this topic, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 10. The same 10 appear here every time.
- 198 A UNIQUE COMMUNITY POST-DIAGNOSTIC DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICE DELIVERED BY THE ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Disaster risk reduction integration into school curriculum: A global analysis
- Dementia and hip fractures: development of a pathogenic framework for understanding and studying risk
- Prediction of mild cognitive impairment progression using time-sensitive multimodal biomarkers
- Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: Prevention, treatments, mechanisms and management options for the future
- Diet, Exercise, and Lifestyle in Glaucoma: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives
- Potentially inappropriate medications related to two-year progression of mild cognitive impairment and dementia
- Regular fish consumption and age-related brain gray matter loss
- The cost of dementia in the United States in 2026
- Relationship of cognition and structured grocery shopping in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment