H Brodaty
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 327937 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | H Brodaty |
| NOMBRES | H |
| APELLIDO | Brodaty |
| FIRMA | BRODATY H |
| AFILIACIONES | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9487-6617 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Levels and changes in cognitive, mental, and physical health as correlates of attitudes to aging in very old age
Self-perceptions of aging in different domains are cross-sectionally associated with different health indicators. However, among cognitive, mental, and physical health indicators, changes in depressive symptoms are the most correlated with perceived psychosocial loss in very old age
How well do social frailty indices predict incident dementia in older adults
Objectives Few studies have examined the association between social frailty and dementia. We aim to assess if social frailty indices predict dementia and evaluate causality. Methods Data from 851 community-dwelling participants aged 70 years and older without dementia from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study were used. Social frailty was assessed using five published indices that incorporated a range of psychosocial factors. Incident dementia was …
Genetics of monozygotic twins reveals the impact of environmental sensitivity on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes
Individual sensitivity to environmental exposures may be genetically influenced. This genotype-by-environment interplay implies differences in phenotypic variance across genotypes, but these variants have proven challenging to detect. Genome-wide association studies of monozygotic twin differences are conducted through family-based variance analyses, which are more robust to the systemic biases that impact population-based methods. We combined da…
Fostering social health of people with dementia
Background Due to the need to increase social awareness about dementia and the needs of patients living with dementia in Poland, the Razem przed siebie (eng. Forward with Dementia ) campaign was created. The aim of the study was to evaluate its effectiveness. Methods To disseminate key campaign messages to the target audiences (people with dementia, carers, health and social care professionals [HSCP] and general public) a website, social and trad…
Patterns in health care use and intensity for diagnosed and undiagnosed cognitive impairment in the older australian community
Diagnosis and symptom management in primary care may enable individuals with MCI to improve their quality of life and prevent more costly future health care use. However, our study found potential gaps in medical service use for people with undiagnosed MCI in the community, especially when they had less support or did not have memory symptoms. Primary care services may need to better diagnose and target these individuals
Social health markers in the context of cognitive decline and dementia
The current study identified both well-known and novel social health markers in the context of dementia, mapped to the social health framework we developed. Future research should focus on translating these markers into validated measures and on developing social health focused interventions for persons with dementia
Care Planning for Community-Dwelling People with Dementia
People with dementia and their care partners report a lack of support, treatment, and information, fragmented services, and a lack of inclusion in decisions about their care. Care planning may address these issues; however, there is scarce literature on the process or benefits of care planning for people with dementia. This review describes the literature on care planning for community-dwelling people with dementia and their care partners. A syst…
Prospective Memory Function Predicts Future Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia
PM is a sensitive early marker of future cognitive decline and risk of incident dementia. PM tasks supported by spontaneous retrieval (event-based) and those with lower retrospective memory demands (regular tasks) function as particularly sensitive predictors. In other words, deficits in performing less effortful PM tasks best predicted cognitive decline. These findings may encourage clinicians to incorporate PM tasks in clinical assessments
The Utility of Researcher-Driven Projective and Enabling Techniques to Support Engagement in Research About Dementia Diagnosis and Post-Diagnostic Support
Research involving people with dementia has highlighted the need to improve engagement in the conduct of interviews and focus groups. Projective and enabling techniques may be useful and avoid some of the drawbacks associated with direct questioning. However, researcher-driven projective techniques have not been extensively tested in research with people with dementia. In 2019, researchers in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Poland received…
Recognition of social health
The conceptual framework provides guidance for future research and facilitates identification of modifiable risk and protective factors, which may in turn shape new avenues for preventive interventions. We highlight the paradigm of social health in dementia as a priority for dementia research
Person-centred Australian residential aged care services
Recent inquiries into residential aged care services, including the 2018–2019 Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, have informed revisions to the 2019 Australian Aged Care Quality Standards. Reforms to the Standards include a greater focus on person-centred services, consumer-directed care and authentic participation in decision-making on service provision by residents and their family members. In respect of person-centr…
Reconceptualising Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Background: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD, also known as neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), changed behaviors and responsive behaviors), occur in up to 90 percent of people living with dementia (PLWD). These symptoms and behaviors strongly correlate with functional and cognitive impairment and contribute to ~30% of overall dementia costs. As decisions regarding care and strategies for BPSD are generally based on profession…
Early Implementation and Evaluation of StepUp for Dementia Research
Recruiting participants for dementia research takes time. For those who are interested, opportunities to participate can be ad hoc . Delays in finding the right participants can result in studies taking longer to deliver, often requiring funding extensions, and ultimately increasing the cost and limiting the effectiveness of research and evaluation. To address these issues, a digital platform, StepUp for Dementia Research, was developed in 2019 a…
Dementia care during Covid-19
Age-Related Changes of Peak Width Skeletonized Mean Diffusivity (PSMD) Across the Adult Lifespan
Parameters of water diffusion in white matter derived from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), such as fractional anisotropy (FA), mean, axial, and radial diffusivity (MD, AD, and RD), and more recently, peak width of skeletonized mean diffusivity (PSMD), have been proposed as potential markers of normal and pathological brain ageing. However, their relative evolution over the entire adult lifespan in healthy individuals remains partly unknown duri…
Cross-Lagged Modeling of Cognition and Social Network Size in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study
Findings support a co-constitutive view of cognitive function and social relationships in older age. Although both cognition and network size declined over time, slower than expected decline in language ability predicted less than expected contraction in social networks. A similar influence of network size on executive functioning indicated that relationships with friends and family outside of the home contributed significantly to the maintenance…
Cognitive screening test in primary care
OBJECTIVE: To establish the diagnostic accuracy of the Brazilian version of the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG-Br) compared to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in individuals with low educational level. METHODS: Ninety-three patients (≥ 60 years old) from Brazilian primary care units provided sociodemographic, cognitive, and functional data. Receiver operating characteristics, areas under the curve (AUC) and logistic …
Evaluating the Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP) on Hospital-Acquired Complications
Despite the increasing number of older people, many with cognitive impairment (CI), in hospitals, there is yet to be an evaluation of hospital-wide interventions improving the management of those with CI. In hospitalized patients with CI, there are likely to be associations between increased complications that impact on outcomes, length of stay, and costs. This prospective study will evaluate the effectiveness of an established hospital CI suppor…
Body mass index and waist circumference predict health-related quality of life, but not satisfaction with life, in the elderly
Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Who pays and who benefits? How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management
These findings highlight the need to account for more than total prevalence when estimating the costs of dementia care. While the absolute values of cost of care estimates are subject to the validity and reliability of currently available data, dynamic systems modeling allows for future trends to be estimated
Family caregivers of people with dementia
Family caregivers of people with dementia, often called the invisible second patients, are critical to the quality of life of the care recipients. The effects of being a family caregiver, though sometimes positive, are generally negative, with high rates of burden and psychological morbidity as well as social isolation, physical ill-health, and financial hardship. Caregivers vulnerable to adverse effects can be identified, as can factors which am…
Threat Perception in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia affect many aspects of emotion processing. Even though the ability to detect threat is a particularly important aspect of emotion processing, no study to date has assessed threat perception in either of these groups. The purpose of the present study was to test whether individuals with MCI (n = 38) and mild dementia (n = 34) have difficulty differentiating between faces and situations normatively judge…
Why caregivers of people with dementia and memory loss don't use services
Global prevalence of dementia
Prospective Memory Function Predicts Future Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia
PM is a sensitive early marker of future cognitive decline and risk of incident dementia. PM tasks supported by spontaneous retrieval (event-based) and those with lower retrospective memory demands (regular tasks) function as particularly sensitive predictors. In other words, deficits in performing less effortful PM tasks best predicted cognitive decline. These findings may encourage clinicians to incorporate PM tasks in clinical assessments
The Utility of Researcher-Driven Projective and Enabling Techniques to Support Engagement in Research About Dementia Diagnosis and Post-Diagnostic Support
Research involving people with dementia has highlighted the need to improve engagement in the conduct of interviews and focus groups. Projective and enabling techniques may be useful and avoid some of the drawbacks associated with direct questioning. However, researcher-driven projective techniques have not been extensively tested in research with people with dementia. In 2019, researchers in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Poland received…
Why caregivers of people with dementia and memory loss don't use services
Global prevalence of dementia
Family caregivers of people with dementia
Family caregivers of people with dementia, often called the invisible second patients, are critical to the quality of life of the care recipients. The effects of being a family caregiver, though sometimes positive, are generally negative, with high rates of burden and psychological morbidity as well as social isolation, physical ill-health, and financial hardship. Caregivers vulnerable to adverse effects can be identified, as can factors which am…
Threat Perception in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia affect many aspects of emotion processing. Even though the ability to detect threat is a particularly important aspect of emotion processing, no study to date has assessed threat perception in either of these groups. The purpose of the present study was to test whether individuals with MCI (n = 38) and mild dementia (n = 34) have difficulty differentiating between faces and situations normatively judge…
Who pays and who benefits? How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management
These findings highlight the need to account for more than total prevalence when estimating the costs of dementia care. While the absolute values of cost of care estimates are subject to the validity and reliability of currently available data, dynamic systems modeling allows for future trends to be estimated
Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Cognitive screening test in primary care
OBJECTIVE: To establish the diagnostic accuracy of the Brazilian version of the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG-Br) compared to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in individuals with low educational level. METHODS: Ninety-three patients (≥ 60 years old) from Brazilian primary care units provided sociodemographic, cognitive, and functional data. Receiver operating characteristics, areas under the curve (AUC) and logistic …
Evaluating the Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP) on Hospital-Acquired Complications
Despite the increasing number of older people, many with cognitive impairment (CI), in hospitals, there is yet to be an evaluation of hospital-wide interventions improving the management of those with CI. In hospitalized patients with CI, there are likely to be associations between increased complications that impact on outcomes, length of stay, and costs. This prospective study will evaluate the effectiveness of an established hospital CI suppor…
Body mass index and waist circumference predict health-related quality of life, but not satisfaction with life, in the elderly
Dementia care during Covid-19
Age-Related Changes of Peak Width Skeletonized Mean Diffusivity (PSMD) Across the Adult Lifespan
Parameters of water diffusion in white matter derived from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), such as fractional anisotropy (FA), mean, axial, and radial diffusivity (MD, AD, and RD), and more recently, peak width of skeletonized mean diffusivity (PSMD), have been proposed as potential markers of normal and pathological brain ageing. However, their relative evolution over the entire adult lifespan in healthy individuals remains partly unknown duri…
Cross-Lagged Modeling of Cognition and Social Network Size in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study
Findings support a co-constitutive view of cognitive function and social relationships in older age. Although both cognition and network size declined over time, slower than expected decline in language ability predicted less than expected contraction in social networks. A similar influence of network size on executive functioning indicated that relationships with friends and family outside of the home contributed significantly to the maintenance…
Reconceptualising Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Background: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD, also known as neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), changed behaviors and responsive behaviors), occur in up to 90 percent of people living with dementia (PLWD). These symptoms and behaviors strongly correlate with functional and cognitive impairment and contribute to ~30% of overall dementia costs. As decisions regarding care and strategies for BPSD are generally based on profession…
Early Implementation and Evaluation of StepUp for Dementia Research
Recruiting participants for dementia research takes time. For those who are interested, opportunities to participate can be ad hoc . Delays in finding the right participants can result in studies taking longer to deliver, often requiring funding extensions, and ultimately increasing the cost and limiting the effectiveness of research and evaluation. To address these issues, a digital platform, StepUp for Dementia Research, was developed in 2019 a…
Recognition of social health
The conceptual framework provides guidance for future research and facilitates identification of modifiable risk and protective factors, which may in turn shape new avenues for preventive interventions. We highlight the paradigm of social health in dementia as a priority for dementia research
Person-centred Australian residential aged care services
Recent inquiries into residential aged care services, including the 2018–2019 Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, have informed revisions to the 2019 Australian Aged Care Quality Standards. Reforms to the Standards include a greater focus on person-centred services, consumer-directed care and authentic participation in decision-making on service provision by residents and their family members. In respect of person-centr…
Care Planning for Community-Dwelling People with Dementia
People with dementia and their care partners report a lack of support, treatment, and information, fragmented services, and a lack of inclusion in decisions about their care. Care planning may address these issues; however, there is scarce literature on the process or benefits of care planning for people with dementia. This review describes the literature on care planning for community-dwelling people with dementia and their care partners. A syst…
Prospective Memory Function Predicts Future Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia
PM is a sensitive early marker of future cognitive decline and risk of incident dementia. PM tasks supported by spontaneous retrieval (event-based) and those with lower retrospective memory demands (regular tasks) function as particularly sensitive predictors. In other words, deficits in performing less effortful PM tasks best predicted cognitive decline. These findings may encourage clinicians to incorporate PM tasks in clinical assessments
The Utility of Researcher-Driven Projective and Enabling Techniques to Support Engagement in Research About Dementia Diagnosis and Post-Diagnostic Support
Research involving people with dementia has highlighted the need to improve engagement in the conduct of interviews and focus groups. Projective and enabling techniques may be useful and avoid some of the drawbacks associated with direct questioning. However, researcher-driven projective techniques have not been extensively tested in research with people with dementia. In 2019, researchers in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Poland received…
Fostering social health of people with dementia
Background Due to the need to increase social awareness about dementia and the needs of patients living with dementia in Poland, the Razem przed siebie (eng. Forward with Dementia ) campaign was created. The aim of the study was to evaluate its effectiveness. Methods To disseminate key campaign messages to the target audiences (people with dementia, carers, health and social care professionals [HSCP] and general public) a website, social and trad…
Patterns in health care use and intensity for diagnosed and undiagnosed cognitive impairment in the older australian community
Diagnosis and symptom management in primary care may enable individuals with MCI to improve their quality of life and prevent more costly future health care use. However, our study found potential gaps in medical service use for people with undiagnosed MCI in the community, especially when they had less support or did not have memory symptoms. Primary care services may need to better diagnose and target these individuals
Social health markers in the context of cognitive decline and dementia
The current study identified both well-known and novel social health markers in the context of dementia, mapped to the social health framework we developed. Future research should focus on translating these markers into validated measures and on developing social health focused interventions for persons with dementia
Levels and changes in cognitive, mental, and physical health as correlates of attitudes to aging in very old age
Self-perceptions of aging in different domains are cross-sectionally associated with different health indicators. However, among cognitive, mental, and physical health indicators, changes in depressive symptoms are the most correlated with perceived psychosocial loss in very old age
How well do social frailty indices predict incident dementia in older adults
Objectives Few studies have examined the association between social frailty and dementia. We aim to assess if social frailty indices predict dementia and evaluate causality. Methods Data from 851 community-dwelling participants aged 70 years and older without dementia from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study were used. Social frailty was assessed using five published indices that incorporated a range of psychosocial factors. Incident dementia was …
Genetics of monozygotic twins reveals the impact of environmental sensitivity on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes
Individual sensitivity to environmental exposures may be genetically influenced. This genotype-by-environment interplay implies differences in phenotypic variance across genotypes, but these variants have proven challenging to detect. Genome-wide association studies of monozygotic twin differences are conducted through family-based variance analyses, which are more robust to the systemic biases that impact population-based methods. We combined da…
Medicine (24 obras) · Dementia (18 obras) · Psychology (17 obras) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (16 obras) · Disease (13 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Nursing (10 obras) · Gerontology (9 obras) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (8 obras) · Cognition (6 obras)