New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research: State of the Art and Future Possibilities

ISBN-13: 9780367583200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Kate Irving; Eef Hogervorst; Deborah Oliveira

Opis

New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research addresses a dearth of knowledge about dementia prevention and shows the importance of considering the broader social impact of certain risk factors, including the role we each play in our own cognitive health throughout the lifespan.

Spis treści

Contributors

Foreword

Acronyms

Chapter 1. Introduction

Book Outline

Chapter 2. From prediction to dementia prevention

Section 1. Established and emerging risk factors

Chapter 3. Lifestyle factors and dementia: smoking, exercise and diet

Chapter 4. Vascular disease-based risk factors for dementia

Chapter 5. Mood and other psychiatric factors

Chapter 6. Cognitive Activity within a Dementia Prevention Hierarchy: The potential Roles of Cognitive Reserve in Detecting, Modifying and Managing Disease Expression

Chapter 7. Sleep problems

Chapter 8. Behaviour change for dementia prevention and risk reduction

Section 2. Social, political and economic aspects

Chapter 9. Existing and future health policy in dementia prevention

Chapter 10. Changing practice in primary care

Chapter 11. The economics of preventing dementia

Chapter 12. Health-economics of dementia prevention using modelling

Chapter 13. Cognitive footprint: a framework to guide public policy

Chapter 14. Conclusion: A Call to Action

O autorze

Kate Irving is a jointly appointed Professor of Clinical Nursing and Dublin City University and Dublin North Community Health Organisation.

Eef Hogervorst is Professor of Biological Psychology at Loughborough University and Director of Dementia Research.

Deborah Oliveira is a Nurse by background and works as a Research Fellow (Programme Manager) for the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Miia Kivipelto is Professor of Clinical Geriatric Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.