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Brain arterial diameters as biomarkers of cognitive performance: Results from the Northern Manhattan Study (P2.246)
Conclusions: Brain arterial diameters are biomarkers of vascular disease and individuals at the extremes of the BAR score had worse cognitive performance. Further study of the mechanisms by which brain arterial diameters associate with cognition may increase our understanding of the vascular contribution to dementia. Disclosure: Dr. Gutierrez has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cheung has nothing to disclose. Dr. Bagci has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rundek has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alperin has received personal compensation from Alperin Noninvasive Diagnostics, Inc. Dr. Sacco has received personal compensation for activ...
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Gutierrez, J., Cheung, K., Bagci, A., Rundek, T., Alperin, N., Sacco, R., Elkind, M., Wright, C. Tags: Aging and Dementia: Other Source Type: research

Development of Neurology-Specific Scenarios for Assessing Quality Improvement Knowledge Application During Residency Using the Revised Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool (QIKAT-R) (P2.377)
Conclusions: The QIKAT-R tool, when used with neurology-specific scenarios, can provide valid assessments of QI knowledge application among neurology residents, and serve as a novel way to introduce residents to the AAN Quality Measures and IOM Aims for high-quality healthcare.Disclosure: Dr. Kassardjian has nothing to disclose. Dr. Leep has received royalty payments from American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Kassardjian, C., Leep Hunderfund, A. Tags: Research Methodology and Education: Patient Safety and Quality Source Type: research

Dementia risk after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: a prospective cohort study
Publication date: July 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology, Volume 15, Issue 8 Author(s): Solène Moulin, Julien Labreuche, Stéphanie Bombois, Costanza Rossi, Gregoire Boulouis, Hilde Hénon, Alain Duhamel, Didier Leys, Charlotte Cordonnier Background Dementia occurs in at least 10% of patients within 1 year after stroke. However, the risk of dementia after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage that accounts for about 15% of all strokes has not been investigated in prospective studies. We aimed to determine the incidence of dementia and risk factors after an intracerebral haemorrhage. Methods We did a prospective...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - June 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

A Day in the Life of an Acute Care SLP
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a guest blog post that originally appeared on Tactus Therapy. In the post, speech-language pathologist Brenda Arend shares highlights of a typical day working in acute care at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. 8:30 a.m.: Assigning patients The first part of my day is spent opening up patient charts in our EPIC electronic medical record and assigning three SLPs to see patients in our 380-bed hospital. Two or three SLPs cover a caseload that ranges from 15 to 30 patients, although recently we see as many as 42. In addition, we also provide outpatient video fluo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Brenda Arend Tags: Speech-Language Pathology acute care Aphasia Cognitive Rehabilitation Dysphagia Health Care Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs

Attitudes of neurology specialists toward older adults.
CONCLUSIONS: Generalization of geriatrics education may translate into a better understanding and improved care for older patients. Development of instruments and implementation of qualitative studies to assess attitudes of neurologists toward older adults are needed. PMID: 27456680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - July 24, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Seferoğlu M, Yıldız D, Pekel NB, Güneş A, Yıldız A, Tufan F Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Disability in Singapore's Elderly Population.
CONCLUSION: The findings highlighted specific factors associated with disability in this multiethnic population. The identification of these factors would lead the way to the development of appropriate interventions. PMID: 27523509 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - June 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mahesh M, Abdin E, Vaingankar JA, Picco L, Jeyagurunathan A, Shafie SB, Pang S, Sagayadevan V, Seow E, Chong SA, Subramaniam M Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research

China's shift from population control to population quality: Implications for neurology
China's population restriction, known across the globe as the 1-child policy, has been in place since 1981, with variations to allow some couples a second child.1,2 In response to social challenges arising from this policy, the Chinese government announced in 2015 that it would transition to a new 2-child policy, encouraging couples since January 1, 2016, to have 2 children.3 This transition accompanies a focus on population quality (i.e., improvements in health, education, and social welfare) in newborns to the large Chinese elderly population, with an initiative to reform the Chinese health care system and increase disea...
Source: Neurology - August 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Ke, Q., Zhang, L., He, C., Zhao, Z., Qi, M., Griggs, R. C., Gatheridge, M. A. Tags: Stroke prevention, All Neuromuscular Disease, All Cognitive Disorders/Dementia GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research

Early life characteristics and late life burden of cerebral small vessel disease in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.
Abstract It is unknown whether relations between early-life factors and overall health in later life apply to burden of cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD), a major cause of stroke and dementia. We explored relations between early-life factors and cSVD in the Lothian Birth Cohort, a healthy aging cohort. Participants were recruited at age 70 (N = 1091); most had completed a test of cognitive ability at age 11 as part of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1947. Of those, 700 participants had brain MRI that could be rated for cSVD conducted at age 73. Presence of lacunes, white matter hyperintensities, microbleeds, and ...
Source: Aging - September 18, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Field TS, Doubal FN, Johnson W, Backhouse E, McHutchison C, Cox S, Corley J, Pattie A, Gow AJ, Shenkin S, Cvoro V, Morris Z, Staals J, Bastin M, Deary IJ, Wardlaw JM Tags: Aging (Albany NY) Source Type: research

Aerobic exercise and vascular cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial
Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence for the efficacy of 6 months of thrice-weekly progressive aerobic training in community-dwelling adults with mild SIVCI, relative to usual care plus education. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01027858. Classification of evidence: This study provides Class II evidence that for adults with mild SIVCI, an aerobic exercise program for 6 months results in a small, significant improvement in ADAS-Cog performance.
Source: Neurology - November 13, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Liu-Ambrose, T., Best, J. R., Davis, J. C., Eng, J. J., Lee, P. E., Jacova, C., Boyd, L. A., Brasher, P. M., Munkacsy, M., Cheung, W., Hsiung, G.-Y. R. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Clinical trials Randomized controlled (CONSORT agreement), Vascular dementia, Class I ARTICLE Source Type: research

Are You Getting Older - Or Are You Getting Sleep Apnea?
By Brandon R. Peters, MD As my 81-year-old grandma likes to remind me on occasion, "It's hell to get old." More than a nuisance, the cumulative decline that comes with aging can significantly compromise one's quality of life and health. What if some of the problems so often associated with growing older didn't need to occur? Better yet, what if some of these physical and mental impairments could be reversed? Consider the role of sleep apnea as an unexpected contributor to many ailments erroneously attributed to aging and the reversals possible with effective treatment. Sleep Changes with Age It is clear that sleep chang...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Declines In Dementia: Of Hearts And Minds
In this season when we are meant to be thankful, but when so many of us have had so many reasons to be otherwise, we have received a timely, welcome bit of universally good news. Rates of dementia in the United States appear to be declining. This news reaches us courtesy of a study published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine. The investigators used standard, validated measures of cognitive function and dementia in two groups of more than 10,000 people in the U.S. with an average age of roughly 75 in the year 2000, and again in 2012. The overall rate of dementia declined over that span from 11.6% to 8.8%. Taking ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Memory performance on the story recall test and prediction of cognitive dysfunction progression in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's dementia
ConclusionsThe present study suggests that the SRT delayed recall score independently predicts progression to dementia in patients with MCI. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; ••: ••–••.
Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology International - November 30, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jong ‐Hwan Park, Hyuntae Park, Sang Wuk Sohn, Sungjae Kim, Kyung Won Park Tags: Original Article: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice and Health Source Type: research

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Caregiver Dependence among Older Adults in a Southeast Asian Population.
CONCLUSION: Various sociodemographic and health-related conditions were significantly associated with caregiver dependence. Dependent older adults will put greater demands on health and social services, resulting in greater healthcare expenditures. Hence, effective planning, services and support are crucial to meet the needs of dependent older adults and their caregivers. PMID: 27922142 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - October 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Picco L, Abdin E, Vaingankar JA, Pang S, Shafie S, Sambasivam R, Chong SA, Subramaniam M Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research

Risk Factors Associated With Cognitive, Functional, and Behavioral Trajectories of Newly Diagnosed Dementia Patients
Conclusions: Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical comorbidities predict cognitive and functional changes. Only cognitive status explains behavioral decline. Results provide an understanding of the characteristics that impact cognitive, functional, and behavioral decline.
Source: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - January 12, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jutkowitz, E., MacLehose, R. F., Gaugler, J. E., Dowd, B., Kuntz, K. M., Kane, R. L. Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Late-life body mass index, rapid weight loss, apolipoprotein E ε4 and the risk of cognitive decline and incident dementia
ConclusionsHigher late-life BMI is associated with a lower risk of incident MCI and AD but is not protective in the presence of rapid weight loss.
Source: The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging - March 10, 2017 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research