Dementia Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

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In this issue:

  • Launch of second in series of bold advertising campaign, ‘A Personal Appeal’
  • ‘Our lives are on hold’: Dementia diagnosis delays hit carers’ jobs, finances and family life
  • No 10 handed letter demanding better for everyone affected by dementia
  • Alzheimer’s trial to test drug on people without symptoms to see if it can be prevented
  • Plus much more

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Dementia Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service.

In this issue:

  • Searching for the Ideal Selection of Cognitive Screening Tasks for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline in Older Individuals With Low Literacy
  • The effects of improved access to diabetes medications on risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
  • Patient, care partner, and clinician perspectives on a “good day” with dementia
  • Caregivers in a Haystack? Informatics‐Driven Clinical Trial Enrollment of Dementia Caregivers at Medical Visits
  • Plus much more

14 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Dementia Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

All credit goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care.

In this issue:

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of safeguarding concerns among older adults with dementia in England: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study
  • Characterising patients with Alzheimer’s disease in England: a cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to Hospital Episode Statistics
  • Menopausal insomnia as a modifiable node of dementia risk: Mechanistic insights and intervention strategies
  • Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years
  • Plus much more

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If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

Dementia Bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

Credit to our coworkers over at Mersey Care

In this issue:

  • Dementia Caregivers’ Preferences for Involvement in Delirium Care During Hospitalization
  • Vocal Fold Atrophy in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
  • How Does Receipt of Dementia Screening Impact Depressive Symptoms Among Patients and Their Family Members?
  • Cognitive Reablement Using Digital Voice Assistants for People Living With Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Co‐Design Study
  • Plus much more

Dementia Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:

  • Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease
  • The proteomic and metabolomic signature of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV‐6 and its role in all‐cause dementia and mortality risk: The UK Biobank study
  • Age of Type 1 Diabetes Onset and Dementia Risk: A Swedish Nationwide, Register‐Based Cohort Study
  • Predictors of Alzheimer’s disease treatment optimism among a nationally representative sample of US older adults
  • Plus much more

Intellectual engagement and cognitive ability in later life (the “use it or lose it” conjecture): longitudinal, prospective study

BMJ 2018;363:k4925
This longitudinal, prospective, observational study aims to examine the association between intellectual engagement and cognitive ability in later life, and determine whether the maintenance of intellectual engagement will offset age related cognitive decline.  The study concludes that self reported engagement is not associated with the trajectory of cognitive decline in late life, but is associated with the acquisition of ability during the life course. Overall, findings suggest that high performing adults engage and those that engage more being protected from relative decline.
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