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Understanding the causes, symptoms and effects of young-onset dementia (2020)
Journal Article
Ray, M., & Dening, T. (2021). Understanding the causes, symptoms and effects of young-onset dementia. Nursing Standard, 36(1), 43-50. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2020.e11620

Young-onset dementia refers to dementia that develops before the age of 65 years. It can present with a wide variety of symptoms including cognitive, behavioural, neurological and systemic symptoms, which reflects the wide range of possible causes. Y... Read More about Understanding the causes, symptoms and effects of young-onset dementia.

Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health first aid in the workplace: a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Narayanasamy, M. J., THOMSON, L., Coole, C., Nouri, F., & Drummond, A. (2021). Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health first aid in the workplace: a qualitative study. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 16(2), 164-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-12-2019-0064

Purpose: There has been little research into the use and efficacy of Mental Health First Aid across UK workplaces. The present study investigated the implementation of MHFA across six UK organisations, identifying key barriers and facilitators.
Desi... Read More about Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health first aid in the workplace: a qualitative study.

Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Halai, A. D., De Dios Perez, B., Stefaniak, J. D., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia

Multiple language assessments are necessary for diagnosing, characterising and quantifying the multifaceted deficits observed in many patients’ post-stroke. Current language batteries, however, tend to be an imperfect trade-off between time and sensi... Read More about Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia.

Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Manchester consensus (2020)
Journal Article
Dunne, R. A., Aarsland, D., O'Brien, J. T., Ballard, C., Banerjee, S., Fox, N. C., …Burns, A. (2021). Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Manchester consensus. Age and Ageing, 50(1), 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa228

Given considerable variation in diagnostic and therapeutic practice, there is a need for national guidance on the use of neuroimaging, fluid biomarkers, cognitive testing, follow-up and diagnostic terminology in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). MCI i... Read More about Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Manchester consensus.

Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study (2020)
Journal Article
Baker, P., COOLE, C., DRUMMOND, A., Khan, S., McDaid, C., Hewitt, C., …Rangan, A. (2020). Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study. Health Technology Assessment, 24(45), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24450

Background
Hip and knee replacements are regularly performed for patients who work. There is little evidence about these patients’ needs and the factors influencing their return to work. There is a paucity of guidance to help patients return to wor... Read More about Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study.

Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes, J., Jasper, R., Worden, A., Loynes, N., Sutcliffe, C., Abendstern, M., & Challis, D. (2020). Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2020, 91-107. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.10

Context: Care coordination is one important mechanism to provide effective care at home for frail older people in a world with ageing populations. In England this has usually been undertaken by state funded local authority social care services. The C... Read More about Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs.

Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study (2019)
Journal Article
Coupland, C. A., Hill, T., Dening, T., Morriss, R., Moore, M., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2019). Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(8), 1084-1093. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0677

IMPORTANCE Anticholinergic medicines have short-term cognitive adverse effects, but it
is uncertain whether long-term use of these drugs is associated with an increased risk of dementia.

OBJECTIVE To assess associations between anticholinergic dr... Read More about Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study.