Associations Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index, Brain Volume, Small Vessel Disease, and Global Cognitive Function.

Background: An inflammatory diet is related to poorer cognition, but the underlying brain pathways are unknown.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine associations between the Energy-Adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DII) and brain volume, small vessel disease, and cognition in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Design: This is a secondary cross-sectional analysis of data from the Cognition and Diabetes in Older Tasmanians study.

Home care service utilisation by people with dementia-A retrospective cohort study of community nursing data in Australia.

Progressive aged care reforms are shifting dementia care into the community. These efforts have been shown to prevent transition to residential aged care facilities and hospitals. There is a paucity of studies examining the utilisation of home care services for people living with dementia.