Aldrich, R. (2017). Appraising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual against Recovery philosophies in elderly dementia. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 21(1/2), 22-30.
Type:
Essay / Review
Description:
This article looks at the history of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) classification system, its role and limitations, while making comparisons and contrasts to Recovery philosophies in relation to older people with dementia from a social work perspective. It was found that the clinician, caregiver and patient can all play a role in Recovery.
Keywords:
recovery    
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Barrett-Young, A., Clifford, A. E., & Mathiesen, S. N. (2023, July 7). Understanding Māori Perceptions of Preclinical Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RSG6W
Type:
Research article
Description:
In this qualitative project, we will conduct interviews via focus groups with Māori participants to understand how they feel about potentially undergoing screening for dementia using relatively low-invasive modalities such as blood collection or retinal imaging; whether there are any culturally-specific considerations that would need to be addressed before any widespread screening could occur, particularly any tikanga requirements regarding the collection or disposal of data or any tikanga specific to neurological disorders; and how a positive biomarker result may influence their behaviour (e.g. lifestyle changes, health behaviours, financial planning, or whānau relations).
Keywords:
detection, undetected, diagnosis, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, InterRAI, māori
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de Vries, K., Brooker, D. J., & Smith, P. (2013). Dementia skills and competencies for primary care liaison: a model for improving identification and timely diagnosis. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 14(3), 240-249.
Type:
Research article, review
Description:
An in-depth consultation was undertaken to identify professional competencies required in the role of Primary Care Liaison including comprehensive literature and policy reviews and consultations with professional stakeholders, users, and carers.
Keywords:
primary care, liaison, diagnosis
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McKinlay, A., Leathem, J., & Merrick, P. (2014). Diagnostic processes and disclosure: A survey of practitioners diagnosing cognitive impairment. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 43(2). 1-12. 
Type:
Research article
Description:
New Zealand practitioners completed an online questionnaire relating to how they reach a diagnosis of cognitive impairment and under what circumstances (if any) a diagnosis might be withheld from a client. 
Keywords:
primary care, liaison, diagnosis, doctors
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Martinez-Ruiz, A., Huang, Y., Gee, S., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2018). Individual risk factors for possible undetected dementia amongst community-dwelling older people in New Zealand. Dementia, 1471301218786277.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the sociodemographic characteristics associated with possible undetected dementia in a large sample of community-dwelling older New Zealanders using InterRAI data. Significant risk factors for being in the possible undetected dementia group included Asian ethnicity, living alone, not having participated in long-standing social activities recently, major life stressors, and limited accessibility of their house..
Keywords:
detection, undetected, diagnosis, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, InterRAI
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Mitchell, T., Woodward, M., & Hirose, Y. (2008). A survey of attitudes of clinicians towards the diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment in Australia and New Zealand. International Psychogeriatrics, 20(1), 77-85.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The aim of the study was to assess the attitudes of geriatric clinicians in New Zealand and Australia to the diagnostic construct of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), their approach to relaying the diagnosis to patients and families, and recommended treatment and follow-up. The diagnostic entity of MCI appears to have a general acceptance among those who responded to the survey, and the term has gained use in clinical practice. 
Keywords:
MCI, mild cognitive impairment, diagnosis, geriatricians, geriatric, doctors
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Osborne, Amy J, and Jonathan M. Broadbent, Susan M. B. Morton, Joseph M. Boden & Richie Poulton (2023) What have we learned from longitudinal studies in Aotearoa New Zealand?, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53:4, 425-428, DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2208778
Type:
Research article, review
Description:
Edwards et al discuss how longitudinal research grounded in Māori concepts of lifecourse is urgently needed in Aotearoa New Zealand, as it will lead to better understanding of the lived realities of whānau and help to design strategies to improve Māori wellbeing (Edwards et al. Citation2023). 
Keywords:
māori, liaison, diagnosis 
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Prieto, C. G., Hosking, R., Appleton, J., Yates, S., Lin, Y., Oulaghan, B., Rivera-Rodriguez, C., Wilson, D., Dobbie, G., & Cullum, S. (2023). Identifying potential patients with diabetes-related dementia: a descriptive approach using routinely collected data. The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online), 136(1580), 48-61. http://ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/identifying-potential-patients-with-diabetes/docview/2850254445/se-2
Type:
Research article
Description:
Diabetes-related dementia (DRD) is a new dementia subtype associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, first described in 2013. This study investigated data from a local New Zealand memory service to identify patients that met the criteria for DRD. methods: Using routinely collected data from 2013-2021, we selected a sample of people with dementia, diabetes, and no CT evidence ofAlzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia, or frontotemporal dementia. We compared their socio-demographic, clinical, and cognitive characteristics with a sample of patients with diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
Keywords:
primary care, liaison, diagnosis, doctors, diabetes
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Rodwell, J., Fletcher, V., & Hughes, R. (2010). How well is cognitive function documented by medical staff in the over-65 age group at the time of acute medical admission? New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1317), 1-7.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This prospective review was designed to measure how well cognitive function in the elderly was documented by medical staff at admission to a New Zealand hospital over a 2-week period.  In keeping with other studies, this audit shows that the documentation of cognitive function by medical staff is poor.
Keywords:
hospital, documentation, recognition, cognitive assessment, audit
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Ryan, B., Baker, A., Ilse, C., Brickell, K. L., Kersten, H. M., Danesh-Meyer, H. V., ... & Curtis, M. A. (2018). Diagnosing pre-clinical dementia: the NZ genetic frontotemporal dementia study (FTDGeNZ). The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online), 131(1476), 88-91.
Type:
Research letter
Description:
This NZ Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Study (FTDGeNZ) is a multidisciplinary, inter-institutional initiative in search of pre-clinical diagnostic markers of dementia in a large New Zealand kindred
Keywords:
frontal temporal dementia, FTD, diagnosis
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Ryan, Bridget and Ashleigh O’Mara Baker, Christina Ilse, Kiri L. Brickell, Hannah M. Kersten, Joanna M. Williams, Donna Rose Addis, Lynette J. Tippett & Maurice A. Curtis (2023) The New Zealand Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Study (FTDGeNZ): a longitudinal study of pre-symptomatic biomarkers, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53:4, 511-531, DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2101483

Type:
Research article, review
Description:
The New Zealand Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Study (FTDGeNZ) is an emerging longitudinal study of a large New Zealand pedigree with genetic frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Natural history studies of genetic FTD cohorts provide a unique opportunity to identify biomarkers of pre-symptomatic dementia, as carriers can be identified and studied decades before expected symptom onset.
Keywords:
primary care, liaison, diagnosis
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