All Outputs (6)

Intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing (2022)
Journal Article
Chhetri, J., Harwood, R., Ma, L., Michel, J. P., & Chan, P. (2022). Intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing. Age and Ageing, 51(11), Article afac239. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac239

Traditional disease-centred models fail to meet the care needs of older adults in the 21st century.

The concept of intrinsic capacity (IC), introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides the opportunity to identify and monitor fundame... Read More about Intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing.

Promoting continence in older people (2022)
Journal Article
Schlögl, M., Umbehr, M. H., Habib, M. H., Wagg, A., Gordon, A. L., & Harwood, R. (2022). Promoting continence in older people. Age and Ageing, 51(9), Article afac199. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac199

The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) is strongly associated with increasing age. Twenty five percent of women over 80 years of age have clinically significant symptoms in population surveys, but prevalence is as high as 70% in older hospital i... Read More about Promoting continence in older people.

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on physical exercise among participants receiving the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) intervention: a repeated measure study (2022)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., van der Wardt, V., O'Brien, R., Gladman, J., Masud, T., & Harwood, R. H. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on physical exercise among participants receiving the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) intervention: a repeated measure study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), Article 605. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03239-5

Background
The potential decrease in daily physical activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns may have a negative impact on people living with dementia. Given the limited literature around the effects of home confinement in people liv... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on physical exercise among participants receiving the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) intervention: a repeated measure study.

The Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing Research in Nottingham and Derby 2022. Excellence in care through world class research (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gladman, Logan, Gordon, Harwood, Goldberg, & Radford. The Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing Research in Nottingham and Derby 2022. Excellence in care through world class research

It is with pleasure that we present this brochure outlining the work of the Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing and Research (CRAR) at the University of Nottingham and its partner NHS Trusts in Nottingham, and Derby and Burton.

Social Return on Investment of Home Exercise and Community Referral for People With Early Dementia (2022)
Journal Article
Hartfiel, N., Gladman, J., Harwood, R., & Tudor Edwards, R. (2022). Social Return on Investment of Home Exercise and Community Referral for People With Early Dementia. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/23337214221106839

Exercise can improve physical function and slow the progression of dementia. However, uncertainty exists around the costeffectiveness of exercise programmes for people with early dementia. The aim of this study was to determine whether a home-based s... Read More about Social Return on Investment of Home Exercise and Community Referral for People With Early Dementia.

A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (2022)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Bosco, A., Rai, H., Craven, M., McNally, D., Todd, C., …Harwood, R. H. (2022). A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5730

Objectives: Digital health interventions enable services to support people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) remotely. This literature review gathers evidence on the effectiveness of digital health interventions on physical, co... Read More about A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment.