Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

G Livingston, A Sommerlad, V Orgeta, SG Costafreda… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly
improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so …

The synapse as a treatment avenue for Alzheimer's Disease

L Peng, I Bestard-Lorigados, W Song - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with devastating symptoms,
including memory impairments and cognitive deficits. Hallmarks of AD pathology are …

Economics and mental health: the current scenario

M Knapp, G Wong - World Psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Economics and mental health are intertwined. Apart from the accumulating evidence of the
huge economic impacts of mental ill‐health, and the growing recognition of the effects that …

[PDF][PDF] World Alzheimer Report 2016. Improving healthcare for people living with dementia: Coverage, Quality and costs now and in the future.

M Prince, A Comas-Herrera, M Knapp, M Guerchet… - 2016 - unilim.hal.science
There are currently no disease modifying treatments for dementia, which is a life-limiting
illness, and deaths with dementia are increasingly common. In the World Alzheimer Report …

Management of depression in older adults: a review

RM Kok, CF Reynolds - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Depression in older adults is a common psychiatric disorder affecting their
health-related quality of life. Major depression occurs in 2% of adults aged 55 years or older …

Does private equity investment in healthcare benefit patients? Evidence from nursing homes

A Gupta, ST Howell, C Yannelis… - Evidence from Nursing …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
The past two decades have seen a rapid increase in Private Equity (PE) investment in
healthcare, a sector in which intensive government subsidy and market frictions could lead …

Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

HC Kales, LN Gitlin, CG Lyketsos - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia include agitation, depression, apathy,
repetitive questioning, psychosis, aggression, sleep problems, wandering, and a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease: New treatment paradigms

KL Lanctôt, J Amatniek, S Ancoli-Israel… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), causing
substantial distress for both people with dementia and their caregivers, and contributing to …

Non-pharmacological interventions for agitation in dementia: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

G Livingston, L Kelly, E Lewis-Holmes… - The British Journal of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAgitation in dementia is common, persistent and distressing and can lead to
care breakdown. Medication is often ineffective and harmful. AimsTo systematically review …

Current and future treatments for Alzheimer's disease

KG Yiannopoulou… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important
medical and social problems in older people in industrialized and non-industrialized …