While the main study is focused
on dementia prevention, Dr. Gerretsen will be looking at whether the intervention improves illness awareness in conjunction with preventing progression to dementia.
Not exact matches
They also work with the family caregivers of those with
dementia on implementing caregiver stress
prevention strategies such as attending monthly support groups, creating crisis plans, taking regular weekly time off from caregiving tasks, and enhancing their self - management and problem solving capacity related to their loved one's
dementia symptoms.
The work builds
on Watts» longstanding interest in health behaviors,
prevention strategies and bio-behavioral processes associated with cognitive decline and
dementia.
The conference will feature leading experts
on a range of topics including the latest in
dementia science and care, presentations by people with
dementia and their care partners, discussions
on prevention, diagnosis, engaging minority groups and a unique focus
on how technology and innovation is shaping the future.
By focusing
on prevention, it may be possible to avoid the numerous complications of diabetes and obesity, which include not only eye, kidney and nerve problems but also dental disease,
dementia and depression, Sood said.
As you have undoubtedly noticed during this series, the biochemistry and physiology of Alzheimer's disease / senile
dementia is incredibly intricate and complicated, creating the all too common response among much of the general population and many in the practitioner community that this complexity makes it almost impossible to come up with any truly practical and cost - effective interventions that can be employed
on a mass population basis even for
prevention, let alone treatment.
We also focus
on the
prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes,
dementia, hormonal imbalances and digestive disorders.
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on neuropsychology and
dementia prevention.
They believe science holds the key to defeating
dementia, so the research we fund is focused
on the causes, care,
prevention and potential treatments for
dementia.
We excluded studies relating to the
prevention of
dementia, as well as those focused
on individuals with learning difficulties from our analyses.