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Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review (2019)
Journal Article
Booth, V., Harwood, R. H., Hancox, J. E., Hood-Moore, V., Masud, T., & Logan, P. (2019). Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review. BMJ Open, 9(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024982

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objectives This review aimed to identify mechanisms underlying participation in falls prevention interventions, in older adults with cognitive impairment. In par... Read More about Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review.

Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Peach, T., Pollock, K., van der Wardt, V., das Nair, R., Logan, P., & Harwood, R. H. (2017). Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 12(5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177530

Objective: To explore the perceptions of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and their family carers, about falling, falls risk and the acceptability of falls prevention interventions. Design: Qualitative study involving t... Read More about Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study.

Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, T. A., Gladman, J. R., Harwood, R. H., MacLullich, A. M., Sampson, E. L., Sheehan, B., & Davis, D. H. (2017). Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), Article e1002247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002247

What is the problem? Dementia in general hospitals Dementia is very common in patients admitted to acute hospitals, affecting one in four patients, with 6% of people living with dementia being inpatients in acute hospitals at any given time [1,... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital.

The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia (2015)
Journal Article
Harwood, R., Logan, P., van der Wardt, V., Logan, P. A., Hood, V., Booth, V., …Harwood, R. H. (2015). The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 40(3-4), 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1159/000433523

Background/Aims: Impairment in executive function is associated with a heightened risk for falls in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. The purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of executive function are assoc... Read More about The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia.