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Common misconceptions I watch my wife very closely148It only takes a moment for someone to wander away or to get lost This is just as true in your home as it is at the mall or grocery store No o. VCS Health Improvement Initiative. VCS agencies . are key partners in helping the CCG and Public Health team deliver their key priorities. Joint . initiative between from . Hartlepool and . Stockton-on-Tees. Whisper Links. Wandering in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients . In western . E. urope there are roughly 7 million people (. 10 million by . 2030) suffering from dementia related illness. . Individuals . Head, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, email . Keith.Hill@Curtin.edu.au. Gippsland Forum: Falls prevention for people with dementia (Sept 2014). Falls and dementia: . Epidemiology and interventions. Presented by Dr. Marjorie Moulton. Executive Director & Founder of We Rage We Weep Alzheimer Foundation. C0-Founder & Director of Project Lifesaver of Greater Victoria. “Dad” has Left the Building!. Naushira. Pandya M.D., CMD, FACP. M.. . NaushiPandyM.DM. Professor and Chair. Department of Geriatrics. Director, Geriatrics Education Center. Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic . Medicine. Chris Perkins. Alzheimers NZ Conference. 04/11/16. Increased life expectancy. Challenge of diagnosing dementia. Risk reduction. Management . Life expectancy. Schizophrenia. Life expectancy lags by 12 years in women and 15 years in men with schizophrenia (Casey et al , 2011) Some others say 20 years difference.. David X. Cifu, MD Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integrations Professor and Chair, Department of PM&R Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Senior TBI Specialist, U.S. Departm Civic Family Health Team. September 4, 2013. (based on a presentation developed by Dr. Michael Malek). (with liberal quoting from UpToDate). Disclosures. I have no financial or other ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Head of dementia services . Independent Nurse Prescriber. Steven.roberts@lpt.nhs.uk. . Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Aims of the Session. What is dementia?. The different types.. The risk factors?. Age (greatest risk factor). Vascular risk factors: HTN, DM, CVD, stroke, smoking, dyslipidemia . Genetics: apo E genotype (late AD), PSEN1, PSEN2, APP (early AD) . Recurrent TBI or head trauma . Drugs: . Cecilia Craig. Education Officer. Dementia Services Information & Development Centre. Alzheimer's . Disease (60%). Korsakoff. ’. s Dementia. Vascular . Dementia (20%). Lewy. Body . Dementia (15%). (opportunities and challenges). Advanced Research Fellow, . Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London. Conventional pharmaco-epidemiological studies. Numerous cardio-metabolic medications (e.g. lipid-lowering, anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive) have been linked to dementia risk. . While some risk factors for dementia can’t be changed, there are many ways you can . reduce your overall dementia risk..  . Follow . as many of these . 10 evidence-based . actions. . as you can to. DIRECT PAYMENT AND BLACK AND MINIROTY ETHNIC (BME) PEOPLE. Social worker in community care team for 7 years. . Two years in Funding Independent Team that specialised in offering advice on direct payments to various practitioners. It was while working in this team I realised the challenges that people with dementia from BME communities were experiencing when they were trying to find suitable services. .