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

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kate (Dublin City University Irving, Kate Hogervorst Irving
• Assisted by: Eef Hogervorst (Editor), Hogervorst Eef (Editor), Kate Irving (Editor), Kate (Dublin City University Irving (Editor), Irving Kate (Editor), Miia Kivipelto (Editor), Miia (Karolinska Institute Kivipelto (Editor), Deborah Oliveira (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780815358336
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5833-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Aging and Mental Health Research; Aging and Mental Health Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Medical research, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Alzheimer's & dementia, Alzheimer’s and dementia