Pathological sleep difficulties are further accentuated in older adults with cognitive impairment and dementia, affecting sleep in both the patient and their carer,3 particularly same‐generation carers. Because older adults have a high vulnerability to sleep problems, timely diagnosis and treatment is ...
“Our findings highlight the importance of considering sleep disturbance history when assessing the dementia risk profile for older adults,” said Wong. “Future research is needed to examine other sleep disturbance measures using a national longitudinal sample, whether these sleep-dementia findings hold...
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insufficient sleep alters gene expression, circadian rhythms, and immunity, leading to increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia.
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And research shows that folate levels even in the “normal (RDA) range” may be inadequate for methyl donation and neurotransmitter synthesis.Supplementing with folate or a multivitamin with adequate levels of folate may help alleviate depression, improve memory and ward off dementia....
Even worse, people who sleep fewer than four hours, or more than eight hours, a day are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, depression, diabetes, dementia, and heart disease. Your sleeping habits can also have an impact on your performance at work. Not getting enough sleep can...
Given the range of cognitive impacts associated with dementia, there is a great deal of focus on the potential for technol- ogy to support the independence and care of PLWD, and the quality of life of carers. Assistive technology has been described as technology devices that enable someone to...
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I wanted to find out more about live-in care for Parkinson’s patients and talked to The Good Care Group to see what their Parkinson’s home care service could offer. We spoke about his increasing needs and how he would feel more comfortable with male carers. They introduced us to Henry...