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- 2011: Legislation relating to restrictions of freedom
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- Dementia
- A-Z of dementias
- Alzheimer's disease
- Who is affected by Alzheimer's disease?
- Is Alzheimer's disease hereditary?
- Is there a test that can predict Alzheimer's disease?
- How is Alzheimer's disease diagnosed?
- Is there any treatment for Alzheimer's disease
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- Other forms of dementia
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- December 2012: “Living with dementia: Learning from the experiences of people with dementia.”
- June 2012: "Alzheimer's disease in the new European public health and research programmes"
- February 2012: "IMI in the spotlight" & "Speeding up drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease: the PharmaCog project"
- December 2011: "Public perceptions of Alzheimer’s disease and the value of diagnosis"
- June 2011: "The Alzheimer Cooperative Valuation in Europe"
- March 2011: "European activities on long-term care: What implications for people with dementia and their carers?"
- December 2010: "The Joint Programming of research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (JPND). What progress so far?"
- June 2010: “Alzheimer’s disease and dementia as a national priority: contrasting approaches by France and the UK”
- September 2009: "European Action on dementia"
- March 2009: "Towards a European Action Plan on Alzheimer's disease"
- December 2008 "The rising cost of dementia"
- September 2008: Launch of Written Declaration
- September 2008: "Current and future treatments for AD"
- MEPs speak out on dementia
- Jan Andersson (Sweden)
- Elena Oana Antonescu (Romania)
- Maria Badia i Cutchet (Spain)
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- Frieda Brepoels (Belgium)
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- Nessa Childers (Ireland)
- Ole Christensen (Denmark)
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- Astrid Lulling (Luxembourg)
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- Kathy Sinnott (Ireland)
- Angelika Werthmann (Austria)
- Glenis Willmott (UK)
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- Marina Yannakoudakis (UK)
- Anna Záborská (Slovakia)
- Dushana Zdravkova (Bulgaria)
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- Acknowledgements
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- Acknowledgements
- Healthcare and decision-making in dementia
- Austria
- Belgium
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- Estonia
- Finland
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- Acknowledgements
- Home care
- Reimbursement of anti-dementia drugs
- Social support systems
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- Estonia
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- National Dementia Strategies (diagnosis, treatment and research)
- Our opinion on ...
- Advance directives
- Anti-dementia drugs
- Participation of people with dementia in clinical trials
- Policy on collaboration with other organisations
- Disclosure of the diagnosis to people with dementia and carers
- Genetic testing
- The Hague Convention for the International Protection of Adults
- Participation of people with dementia in research
- Stem Cell Research
- Ethics
- Dementia Ethics Network
- Definitions and approaches
- Ethical issues in practice
- The ethical issues linked to restrictions of freedom of people with dementia
- Preface
- Introduction
- Restriction of the freedom to choose one’s residence or place of stay
- Freedom to live in least restrictive environment
- The restriction of the freedom to act according to individual attitudes, values and lifestyle preferences
- The restriction of the freedom to play an active role in society
- Formal acknowledgements and disclaimer
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Ethics of dementia research
- The dementia ethics research project
- Background, definitions and scope
- Involving people with dementia
- Informed consent to dementia research
- Protecting the wellbeing
- Risk, benefit, burden and paternalism
- Clinical trials
- Epidemiological research
- Genetic research
- Research into end-of-fe care
- The donation of brain and other tissue
- Publication and dissemination of research
- Glossary
- Annexes
- References
- The ethical issues linked to the use of assistive technology in dementia care
- End-of-Life care for people with dementia
- Advance directives and personhood
- The ethical issues linked to restrictions of freedom of people with dementia
- Research
- Value of Knowing
- European Collaboration on Dementia
- Cost of dementia
- The health economical context (Welfare theory)
- Health economic aspects of dementia
- The impact of informal care
- Cost of illness and burden of dementia
- Regional/National cost of illness estimates
- Prognosis to 2030
- Sensitivity analysis
- Other European cost of illness estimates
- Regional Patterns: The societal costs of dementia in Sweden
- Regional patterns: The economic environment of Alzheimer's disease in France
- Regional patterns: Economic environment of Alzheimer’s disease in Mediterranean countries
- Regional patterns: Socio-economic impact of dementia and resourse utilisation in Hungary
- Conclusions and policy implications
- Acknowledgements
- Diagnosis and treatment of dementia
- Prevalence of dementia
- Prevention of dementia
- Psychosocial interventions
- Social Support Systems
- Cost of dementia
- PharmaCog
- Comparative studies
- Understanding dementia research
- Conferences
- News
- Publications
Science Watch
With summaries of the most recent published research on dementia, (including prevention, treatment and diagnosis) in scientific journals, our science watch section also reports (by presenting the original source) on the so-called “breakthroughs” in dementia which are frequently reported in the media.
| 20/12/2012 |  |
Chronic inflammation may lead to Alzheimer's disease |
| 14/12/2012 | |
Diabetes drug may prevent neuron death |
| 13/12/2012 | |
Mental activity in early life helps memory in old age |
| 12/12/2012 | |
Lilly plans new trial of solanezumab |
| 11/12/2012 | |
Multiple tests improve prediction of Alzheimer's disease |
| 10/12/2012 | |
Lack of TDP-43 leads to neuron death in ALS and FTD |
| 05/12/2012 | |
Brain implants may slow memory loss |
| 05/12/2012 | |
Janssen announces galantamine safety results |
| 03/12/2012 | |
Merck begins phase 2 trial of BACE inhibitor |
| 03/12/2012 | |
Vitamin D & calcium combo does not protect against dementia |
| 03/12/2012 | |
Mentally ill people are more likely to be undertreated |
| 25/11/2012 | |
Psoriasis drug reduces plaque in rodents |
| 20/11/2012 | |
Clusterin activity causes formation of plaques and tangles |
| 19/11/2012 | |
Cancer protein may also protect the brain |
| 18/11/2012 | |
Vitamin E can help delay onset of Alzheimer's disease |