Karen Morley reflects on her experiences as an informal carer and on Cochrane evidence for ways of supporting carers

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Karen Morley reflects on her experiences as an informal carer and on Cochrane evidence for ways of supporting carers
Kit Byatt, a recently-retired consultant geriatrician, reflects on the latest Cochrane evidence on preventing delirium in older people in long-term care establishments.
Sarah Chapman looks at the latest evidence on vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing dementia or at least slowing cognitive decline. Can they really help?
Dementia care practitioner and researcher Bob Woods talks about reminiscence therapy and the evidence from their recent Cochrane Review.
Sarah Chapman and Kit Byatt reflect on their discussion about helping an elderly relative decide whether a test and a treatment offered were in her best interests.
Kirsty Marais from Alzheimer's UK goes behind the headlines that 1 in 3 dementia cases could be prevented, unpacking what the new Lancet Commission on Dementia found
In this blog for our #dementiaspotlight series, Carrie Jackson looks at social living models, innovations in supported care in the community, that might help people with dementia to live well at home.
This blog summarises a series of Cochrane reviews describing a structured questionnaire, the IQCODE, that is used to help identify possible dementia
In a blog for our #dementiaspotlight series, researchers share differing views on the evidence for cerebrolysin as a treatment for vascular dementia
Sarah Chapman looks at the state of the evidence on interventions that night help carers of people with dementia and talks to Justine about her experience
Jenny McCleery, Consultant Psychiatrist and Joint Co-ordinating Editor of Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, looks at the latest Cochrane evidence on creative arts therapies for people with dementia
Geriatrician Kit Byatt considers the state of the evidence on drug withdrawal in people with dementia