Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Caregivers of individuals living with dementia frequently make medical decisions for care recipients, often without a clear understanding of those needs. Educational tools are needed to guide caregivers about when and how to raise the topic of advance care planning (ACP).

Method: Caregivers of individuals living with dementia (N = 130) were randomized into control (N = 64) (ACP verbal educational script) or intervention (N = 66) (ACP verbal educational script and video) groups.

Effect of low birth weight and preterm delivery on the development of childhood celiac disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis on observational studies.

Purpose Of Review: Whether low birth weight (LBW) and preterm delivery (PD) are associated with the risk of developing celiac disease (CD) in children remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the association between LBW and PD with CD development in children.

Recent Findings: We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases based on the Mesh terms to find observational studies that investigated the association of LBW and PD with CD development in children up to July 18, 2024.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Mealtimes are a fundamental part of life; eating and drinking well is vital for health well-being. People living with dementia are at increased risk of eating and drinking difficulties, and may experience difficulties at mealtimes due to the cognitive component of this condition. Such difficulties are prevalent in care homes, where people living with dementia are often dependent on carers at mealtimes.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Due to further development of diagnostic methods of early-stage diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and new disease-modifying treatment options that require early diagnosis, a new focus on predictive and preventive medicine arises. With progress in AD dementia risk estimation, guidelines for counseling, considering individual aspects of those affected, are becoming more important. As part of the trinational project PreTAD (The Predictive Turn in Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical, Clinical, Linguistic and Legal Aspects) anticipated effects of AD dementia risk estimation for first-degree relatives of people with AD dementia are evaluated.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Understand individuals' self-perception of aging is crucial for promoting a positive aging experience, better health with good quality of life, addressing activities participation, and can help by advocating policies and interventions that support the diverse needs of an aging population. This study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of BAPQ (C-BAPQ) for the healthy older people by assessing the content validity, test-retest reliability, and correlational analyses with mental health by Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), quality of life by the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and activity participation by the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST). Moreover, to study the factor structure of the Chinese version of BAPQ (C-BAPQ) by using exploratory factor analysis.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Data from high-income countries (HICs) suggest a decline in age-specific incidence rates of dementia. However, this has happened primarily in HICs, with low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) facing two main challenges: a higher burden of risk factors and, in general, a faster ageing population. Most people with dementia live in LMICs, and this is set to increase, thus requiring urgent and robust action to prevent, treat and support people with dementia and their families.

Exploring Compassion Fatigue in Pediatric Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Compassion fatigue is a state of emotional and physical exhaustion that arises from frequent contact with people who have experienced trauma or stress, which may affect particularly those working in health care. This study aimed to elucidate the prevalence and determinants of compassion fatigue among pediatric nurses.

Methods: A survey was administered to pediatric nurses at a tertiary hospital in Jiangsu province, China.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive emerging tool to modulate brain activities and functional connectivity in various neuropsychiatric disorders. rTMS combined with cognitive training (rTMS-COG) has been showing cognitive enhancing effects compared to those of placebo in mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) in some previous studies. However, there is not much research to conclude how much each rTMS or COG contributes to therapeutic cognitive effects.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: The Promoting Independence Through quality Care at Home (PITCH) project aimed to improve outcomes for people with dementia and their carers via a co-designed training intervention for home care workers (HCWs). The results of the primary efficacy analysis of the successful stepped-wedge cluster RCT (n = 172 HCWs in 18 clusters in 7 Australian service providers) were presented at AAIC 2023.

Method: This presentation goes beyond efficacy and discusses the implementation science (process evaluation and behavioural change) and health economic analysis of the intervention.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: The 2020 Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care estimated that up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by tackling 12 potentially modifiable risk factors, namely less education, hearing loss, hypertension, physical inactivity, diabetes, social isolation, excessive alcohol consumption, air pollution, smoking, obesity, traumatic brain injury, depression. As more evidence on risk factors emerges, the Lancet standing commission on dementia met to update evidence on established dementia risk factors and to consider the evidence for other risk factors.

Method: We used a lifecourse approach to understand how to reduce risk or prevent dementia, as many risks operate at different timepoints in the lifespan.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: With the advent of new media, more people - possibly including caregivers of persons with dementia - are turning to social media platforms to share their thoughts and emotions related to personal life experiences. This may potentially serve as an opportunity to leverage on social media to gain insights into the key issues faced by dementia caregivers. We examined salient concerns of dementia caregivers through Twitter posts, aiming to shed light on how to better support and engage such caregivers.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Dementia is a life-changing condition for patients and caregivers. Response to a diagnosis often includes grief, shock, and despair. Unfortunately, evidence demonstrates inadequate use of person-centered communication practices during diagnostic disclosure, which adds to psychological distress.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Responses to individualized music in people living with dementia can be indicated by both verbal and non-verbal cues. Evidence suggests that elevated pupil dilation responses to familiar vs. unfamiliar music are preserved in people living with typical Alzheimer's disease (tAD), and to an extent in people with its atypical 'visual' variant (Posterior Cortical Atrophy; PCA) (Brotherhood et al.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Social robots have been used in other countries for improvement of quality of life for persons with dementia.

Method: LOVOT was introduced as an adjunct to regular therapy sessions (either Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy) and as an interactive companion during the patient's inpatient stay. The project was carried out over a span of 6 weeks (weekdays) for a maximum of 10-15 mins on an ad-hoc basis.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Genetic testing for individuals with dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD) is now of greater relevance due to the existence of therapeutic trials available to this population. However, the impact and main drivers influencing the decision to seek genetic testing are relatively unknown in Latin America (LatAm). Here we present results from a regional genetic counseling and testing protocol implemented in LatAm.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Physical exercise presents a viable low-cost, low-risk, individual, and widely available non-pharmacological treatment candidate in cognitive decline such as in Alzheimer's disease (AD). There are even indications that it can reduce the risk of developing dementia in the first place (Livingston et al., The Lancet, 2020).

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Older adults with cognitive impairments will benefit from multicomponent interventions include cognitive training, exercise, and lifestyle modifications. Many digital therapeutic products predominantly focus on computerized cognitive training, lacking effective approaches to other crucial interventions. This study aimed to investigate the long term effects of multidimensional comprehensive cognitive intervention training program - Brain and Body Rehab Training (BBRT), which integrates multidomain cognitive training with physical-cognitive training and multidimensional lifestyle interventions on cognitive performance in participants with cognitive impairment after a 8-month follow-up.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Limited knowledge exists about the cultural approaches to managing the psychological and behavioral outcomes (PBO) of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementia (AD/ADRD) in Africa. Specifically, to develop a culture-sensitive training framework for AD/ADRD caregivers, we explored AD/ADRD caregivers' cultural embeddedness in managing people living with AD/ADRD (PLWAD/ADRD) in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Method: Using hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative research design, we interviewed 23 caregivers providing care to PLWAD/ADRD in Ibadan, a Yoruba-speaking ethnic group of Nigeria.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Co-creation methods are increasingly being used in the research and development of technologies that support older adults living with dementia and their care partners to live well. Use of collaborative methods to engage with the dementia community helps to ensure that research processes and end solutions are sensitively designed, reflective of needs and values, and responsive to priorities. Engagement also has proximal benefits for older adults: Being involved in purposeful activity has been shown to positively impact health and wellbeing outcomes.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Facial emotion recognition testing in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients has been identified as key for early detection and as a marker for disease progression. Emotion recognition remains one of the most difficult domains to assess in culturally diverse populations due to a lack of culturally adapted tools. This study assessed the feasibility of a cross-cultural test for emotion recognition, the TIE-93, in French and North African populations living in France.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: LatAm-FINGERS is a non-pharmacological multicenter randomized clinical trial aimed at preventing cognitive impairment. The intervention advocates for a lifestyle change based on diet, exercise, risk factor control, cognitive training, and socialization. However, the baseline assessment lacks a evaluation of the participants sociability before the intervention.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Dementia awareness and education are currently limited among healthcare workers and the general public, contributing towards the generation and propagation of stigma and discrimination against people with dementia worldwide. It is crucial to promote evidence-based anti-stigma interventions with a focus on stigma reduction.

Method: This is a randomized and controlled feasibility trial of a group intervention aimed at improving knowledge and reducing stigma related to dementia among Community Health Workers (CHWs) (Trial Registration: RBR-10xp637m).

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Dementia poses a significant global crisis, yet 60% of cases go undetected, particularly among specific sub-populations. Timely diagnosis is crucial for implementing early intervention strategies. Challenges of current screening tools (e.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Social media platforms are increasingly used by people living with dementia and their care partners to seek information and advice, share personal stories, raise awareness, and offer support to others. Engagement with social media is often accompanied by a personal disclosure of a dementia diagnosis or identification as a care partner, but the impact of this disclosure remains unknown. Social media engagement can be beneficial by facilitating peer-interactions and social support; however experts have raised concerns about the potential for exposure to misinformation and stigma as a result of self-disclosure.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Long-term care hospitals are the main healthcare setting for the growing population with dementia in South Korea. Despite various deficiencies (e.g.