Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
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NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2015 (UK)
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This guideline covers mid-life approaches to delay or prevent the onset of dementia, disability and frailty in later life. The guideline aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy and active in later life. The guideline includes recommendations on promoting a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of or delay the onset of disability, dementia and frailty by helping people to: stop smoking, be more active, reduce their alcohol consumption, improve their diet and, lose weight and maintain a healthy weight if necessary.
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World Alzheimer report 2014, Dementia and risk reduction
Author:
Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2014 (UK)
Description:
This report critically examines the evidence for the existence of modifiable risk factors for dementia. It concludes that the strongest evidence for possible causal associations with dementia are those of low education in early life, hypertension in midlife, smoking and diabetes across the life course.
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Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia
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World Health Organisation, 2019 (Switz)
Description:
These guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations on lifestyle behaviours and interventions to delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia, including getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, controlling weight, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels. The guidelines provide the knowledge base for health-care providers to advise patients on what they can do to help prevent cognitive decline and dementia. 
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Physical activity for brain health and fighting dementia
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Dementia Australia, 2013 (Au)
Description:
This research review outlines how physical activity improves brain health and may increase the volume of the hippocampus in the brain, which is essential in helping to coordinate memory.
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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
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The Lancet Commission, 2017, 2020 (UK)
Description:
An important life-course approach, accommodating exposure to nine specific risk factors across the life span is presented, and it is argued that ‘it is never too early and never too late’ to prevent dementia. The report also addresses the significant developments in interventions that improve outcomes for people with dementia and their families which should be routinely offered. The 2020 Commission update on Dementia, prevention, intervention, and care identifies 3 new risk factors for dementia, laying out a set of policies and lifestyle changes to aid prevention.
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