The Learning Link - May 2021
By Lara Hitchcock. Published on 14/5/2021
Lara Hitchcock, Registered Nurse with the Memory Assessment Clinic at Burwood Hospital, shares a selection of dementia and delirium education resources from the past month.
Interesting stuff to watch
NZBRI Brain Health Matters, March 24, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0FFTOD2n7Q
NZBRI: Dementia: variations, risk, and prevention, Mar 30, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ8mI7K8lGQ
NZBRI Parkinson's Talk, March 29, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idT7imxwp84
New Zealand Brain Research Institute Parkinson's in New Zealand Today Apr 14, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7D_o2KkLT4
OPAN Navigating aged care services with older people at risk of homelessness, March, 31, 2021. https://opan.org.au/homelessnesswebinar/
Alzheimer's Disease International Technology & National Dementia Plans: Lessons from the Korean experience April 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcRIoTjv-8
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre Questions about dementia, challenges for stem cells 27 April 2021 https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/about/seminar-series
AFTD 2021 Virtual Education Conference, Find help/ share hope May 13 & 14, 2021, https://www.theaftd.org/education-conference-2021/
Interesting stuff to read
Pain in the Neurodegenerating Brain - Insights into Pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson Disease -Medscape Apr 01, 2021. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948227_1
Gee, S & Hawkes, T. (2021). Supporting meaningful activity in hospital. Australian Journal of Dementiacare. 10 (2). 20- 22. Email me for pdf
Mahoney C (2018) Peri-operative care for people with dementia: challenges and solutions. Nursing Times [online]; 114: 11, 53-56. https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/perioperative-nursing/peri-operative-care-for-people-with-dementia-challenges-and-solutions-22-10-2018/
Tieges, Z., Maclullich, A. M., Anand, A., Brookes, C., Cassarino, M., O’connor, M., ... & Galvin, R. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of the 4AT for delirium detection in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and ageing, 50(3), 733-743. https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/50/3/733/5974849?login=true
From Plan to Impact IV Progress towards targets of the WHO Global action plan on dementia https://www.alzint.org/resource/from-plan-to-impact-iv/
From Plan to Impact IV: Report Launch & Side Event to the 74th World Health Assembly May 28 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8OsEU1Pp8k
South Island Alliance Health of older people resources
https://www.sialliance.health.nz/programmes/health-of-older-people/useful-resources/
New Zealand Dementia Foundation –information, education, and knowledge on dementia and delirium.
https://www.nzdementia.org/