Prevention/Epidemiology

  • Introducing the 4ME cue card for vascular dementia

    Rachel Price and John Keady introduce a practical resource to help people with vascular dementia manage health and lifestyle risk factors Author/s: Rachel Price, John Keady For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Vascular dementia: hearts and brains

    There is little awareness about this form of dementia. But this is about to change Author/s: Sarah Day For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • A toolbox of skills to share across dementia care

    Following from their article in the last issue, on a ‘shared care’ approach of collaboration between GPs and hospital specialists in dementia care, Steve Iliffe, Jane Wilcock and Deborah Haworth here identify twelve competemcies needed by professionals along the dementia care pathway Author/s: Steve Iliffe, Jane Wilcock, Deborah Haworth For the full article please see…...

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  • Agenda benders

    Simon Denegri bemoans the use of ‘junk science’ to support genetic testing by insurance companies Author/s: Simon Denegri For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • French connection

    Tom Kitwood reports, from a major conference in France, on the growing body of experience and research on psychotherapy in dementia care. Author/s: Tom Kitwood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Genetic links reach through the family tree

    In the first of a series about the problems facing younger people with dementia and their families, Elaine Duncan writes about the genetic and family issues for a young person with familial Alzheimer’s disease. Author/s: Elaine Duncan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • Plans that hold coded clues

    Much has been discovered in the last few years about the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. Nigel Tunstall explains what is currently known, and describes a large scale study to expand on this knowledge. Author/s: Nigel Tunstall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...

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  • Worldwide hunt for clues

    Bernard Ineichen reports on findings of low rates of demebtia in part of Africa, which could hold vital clues for research. Author/s: Bernard Ineichen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • How to add insult to carers’ injuries

    Doctors’ reluctance to add “dementia” or “Alzheimer’s disease” to death certificates skews the statistics on incidence and prevalence of the diseases, and is insulting and hurtful to carers, say Geoffrey Bamforth and Bernard Ineichen. Author/s: Geoffrey Bamforth, Bernard Ineichen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...

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