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Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street (2022)
Journal Article
Naylor, G., Dillard, L., Orrell, M., Stephan, B. C. M., Zobay, O., & Saunders, G. H. (2022). Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street. Age and Ageing, 51(12), Article afac266. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac266

Objectives Hearing-aid use may reduce risk of dementia, but cognitive impairment makes use more challenging. An observed association between reduced hearing-aid use and incident dementia could reflect either or both of these causal paths. The object... Read More about Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street.

Participatory visual arts activities for people with dementia: a review (2022)
Book Chapter
Barroso, A. C., Rai, H. K., Sousa, L., Orrell, M., & Schneider, J. (2022). Participatory visual arts activities for people with dementia: a review. In M. Orrell, D. Oliveira, O. McDermott, F. R. Verhey, F. C. Dassen, & R. Dröes (Eds.), Improving the Lives of People with Dementia through Technology: Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Utilising Current Technology (100-126). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289005-11

The aims of this review were to report and summarise the effects of interventions using participatory visual arts activities in dementia research through a narrative synthesis systematic review. We searched four databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO an... Read More about Participatory visual arts activities for people with dementia: a review.

Thinkability: A new app for cognitive stimulation for people with dementia (2022)
Book Chapter
Rai, H. K., Schneider, J., & Orrell, M. (2022). Thinkability: A new app for cognitive stimulation for people with dementia. In M. Orrell, D. Oliveira, O. McDermott, F. R. Verhey, F. C. Dassen, & R. Dröes (Eds.), Improving the Lives of People with Dementia through Technology: Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Utilising Current Technology (86-99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289005-10

People with dementia benefit from activities that stimulate their cognition, and there is evidence that carers can benefit too. Among psychosocial interventions to help this group, cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is well established as the treatm... Read More about Thinkability: A new app for cognitive stimulation for people with dementia.

A Self-management App for People Living With Mild Dementia (PRIDE): Protocol for a Pre-Post Feasibility Study (2022)
Journal Article
Lee, A. R., McDermott, O., Guo, B., Roe, J., & Orrell, M. (2022). A Self-management App for People Living With Mild Dementia (PRIDE): Protocol for a Pre-Post Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(7), Article e33881. https://doi.org/10.2196/33881

Background: With the rapid increase in the prevalence of dementia in the United Kingdom and beyond, the emotional, social, and economic burden on individuals, families, and health care services continues to rise. Currently, interventions that enable... Read More about A Self-management App for People Living With Mild Dementia (PRIDE): Protocol for a Pre-Post Feasibility Study.

Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit (2022)
Journal Article
Coleston-Shields, D. M., Challis, D., Worden, A., Broome, E., Dening, T., Guo, B., …Orrell, M. (2022). Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit. Trials, 23, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05995-y

Background: Improving care at home for people with dementia is a core policy goal in the dementia strategies of many European countries. A challenge to effective home support is the occurrence of crises in the care of people with dementia which arise... Read More about Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a Resource Kit.

Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Clarkson, P., Pitts, R., Islam, S., Peconi, J., Russell, I., Fegan, G., …Robinson, C. (2022). Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 93(9), 1001-1009. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2021-326748

BACKGROUND: Common memory aids for people with dementia at home are recommended. However, rigorous evaluation is lacking, particularly what guidance or support is valued. OBJECTIVE: To investigate effects of memory aids and guidance by dementia suppo... Read More about Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial.

Motivation and willingness to increase physical activity for dementia risk reduction: Cross-Sectional UK survey with people aged 50 and over (2021)
Journal Article
Oliveira, D., Knight, H., Jones, K. A., Ogollah, R., & Orrell, M. (2022). Motivation and willingness to increase physical activity for dementia risk reduction: Cross-Sectional UK survey with people aged 50 and over. Aging and Mental Health, 26(9), 1899-1908. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1984393

Objective:Tackling modifiable risk factors such as physical inactivity currently represents the only way to reduce the increasing prevalence of dementia worldwide. This study aimed to investigate attitudes to increasing physical activity to reduce ri... Read More about Motivation and willingness to increase physical activity for dementia risk reduction: Cross-Sectional UK survey with people aged 50 and over.

Exploring the role of web-based interventions in the self-management of dementia: Systematic review and narrative synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Lee, A. R., Gerritzen, E. V., McDermott, O., & Orrell, M. (2021). Exploring the role of web-based interventions in the self-management of dementia: Systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), Article e26551. https://doi.org/10.2196/26551

Background: The increasing prevalence of dementia has promoted a move toward equipping people with the skills required for greater self-management of the condition to enable a better quality of life. Self-management encompasses numerous skills, such... Read More about Exploring the role of web-based interventions in the self-management of dementia: Systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action? (2021)
Journal Article
Bell, B., Avery, A., Bishara, D., Coupland, C., Ashcroft, D., & Orrell, M. (2021). Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action?. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 9(3), Article e00793. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.793

Evidence suggests that the prescription of bladder anticholinergics is increasing. Recent studies have accentuated concerns about whether certain prescribed medications could increase risk of dementia, including anticholinergic drugs, and specificall... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action?.