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Keeping up health promotion practices in specialized day care units for people with dementia
Background: Health promotion practices hold promises for elderly individuals’ quality of life. This article shows that such practices can be promoted in specialized day care units for individuals with dementia.; Method: Group interviews with 8 groups of staff (comprising 24 staff members) in 3 day care units.; Results: Rather than referring directly to health promotion […]
Evidence for neurocognitive plasticity in at-risk older adults: the experience corps program
Carlson, M. C.,
Erickson, K. I.,
Kramer, A. F.,
Voss, M. W.,
Bolea, N.,
Mielke, M.,
McGill, S.,
Rebok, G. W.,
Seeman, T.,
Fried, L. P.
Objective: To determine whether Experience Corps (EC), a social service program, would improve age-vulnerable executive functions and increase activity in brain regions in a high-risk group through increased cognitive and physical activity.; Methods: Eight community-dwelling, older female volunteers and nine matched wait-list controls were recruited to serve in the ongoing EC: Baltimore program in three […]
Risk of incident dementia in drug-untreated arterial hypertension: a population-based study
Bermejo-Pareja, Félix,
Benito-León, Julián,
Louis, Elan D.,
Trincado, Rocío,
Carro, Eva,
Villarejo, Alberto,
de la Cámara, Agustín Gómez
Arterial hypertension in midlife may increase the risk of late-life dementia. Notably, there is conflicting data as to whether hypertension in the elderly (age 65 years and older) is a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We determined whether drug-untreated hypertension was associated with a higher risk of incident dementia and AD. In […]
Prevalence of malnutrition, interventions and quality indicators in German nursing homes – first results of a nationwide pilot study
Bartholomeyczik, S.,
Reuther, S.,
Luft, L.,
Nie, N. van,
Meijers, J.,
Schols, J.,
Halfens, R.
Aim Of the Study: The aims of this study were to test the transfer and feasibility of a Dutch annual survey on malnutrition into German nursing homes and to gather first data about the prevalence of malnutrition, treatment and quality indicators in German resident homes.; Methods: A cross-sectional multicentre study, using a standardised multilevel instrument […]
Dietary intake of vitamin D and cognition in older women: a large population-based study
Annweiler, C.,
Schott, A.M.,
Rolland, Y.,
Blain, H.,
Herrmann, F. R.,
Beauchet, O.
Background: Serum vitamin D concentrations are associated with global cognitive function among older adults. The benefits of vitamin D intake to treat or prevent cognitive impairment remain unknown. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether weekly dietary intake of vitamin D could be associated with global cognitive performance among older adults.; Methods: […]
Renin-angiotensin system blockade and cognitive function in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: analysis of data from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies
Anderson, Craig,
Teo, Koon,
Gao, Peggy,
Arima, Hisatomi,
Dans, Antonio,
Unger, Thomas,
Commerford, Patrick,
Dyal, Leanne,
Schumacher, Helmut,
Pogue, Janice,
Paolasso, Ernesto,
Holwerda, Nicolaas,
Chazova, Irina,
Binbrek, Azan,
Young, James,
Yusuf, Salim
Background: cardiovascular risk factors are associated with dementia and cognitive decline. We investigated the effects of renin-angiotensin system blockade on cognitive function in patients aged 55 years and older with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or diabetes with end-organ damage in two clinical trials.; Methods: in the main study, ONTARGET, a double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial, […]