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An investigation into cognitive assessment tools for use in primary care (2019)

Kilcullen, Sophia

An investigation into cognitive assessment tools for use in primary care (2019)

Kilcullen, Sophia

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Background: More sensitive indicators of cognitive decline are needed in Primary Care. Self-report measures offer some potential but, to date, are not yet reliable indicators of objective performance or progression to dementia. Relationships between self-reported and objective performance remains unclear. Recent research suggests that prospective memory (PM) failures might reflect current and future cognitive decline more accurately than retrospective memory (RM) failures, yet PM is rarely assessed in clinical practice. Methods: In order to determine the nature, extent and possible underlying causes of self-reported cognitive difficulties in older Irish adults, Study 1 obtained PRMQ data as well as sociodemographic, mood state and health-related information from 518 community-dwelling adults >50+ years using an anonymous survey. Study 2 obtained PRMQ data and data on objective tests recommended for Primary Care from a separate sample (n = 97) of community dwelling adults without...

http://doras.dcu.ie/23728/

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Donepezil Impairs Memory in Healthy Older Subjects: Behavioural, EEG and Simultaneous EEG/fMRI Biomarkers (2011)

FAGAN, ANDREW; ROBERTSON, IAN; BALSTERS, JOSHUA; O'CONNELL, REDMOND; CASSIDY, SARA...

Donepezil Impairs Memory in Healthy Older Subjects: Behavioural, EEG and Simultaneous EEG/fMRI Biomarkers (2011)

FAGAN, ANDREW; ROBERTSON, IAN; BALSTERS, JOSHUA; O'CONNELL, REDMOND; CASSIDY, SARAH; KILCULLEN, SOPHIA; DELMONTE, SONJA; BRENNAN, SABINA; MEANEY, JAMES; BOKDE, ARUN; LAWLOR, BRIAN

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Rising life expectancies coupled with an increasing awareness of age-related cognitive decline have led to the unwarranted use of psychopharmaceuticals, including acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs), by significant numbers of healthy older individuals. This trend has developed despite very limited data regarding the effectiveness of such drugs on non-clinical groups and recent work indicates that AChEIs can have negative cognitive effects in healthy populations. For the first time, we use a combination of EEG and simultaneous EEG/fMRI to examine the effects of a commonly prescribed AChEI (donepezil) on cognition in healthy older participants. The short- and long-term impact of donepezil was assessed using two double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. In both cases, we utilised cognitive (paired associates learning (CPAL)) and electrophysiological measures (resting EEG power) that have demonstrated high-sensitivity to age-related cognitive decline. Experiment 1 tested the effects...

http://hdl.handle.net/2262/59506

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The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (2018)

Pierce, Mary; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (2018)

Pierce, Mary; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

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This research is very timely given Ireland’s recent ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the imminent full commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act, 2015 together with proposed legislation dealing with Deprivation of Liberty.1 Although the sample in the study is small, it offers valuable insights into the referral of, and pathways into nursing homes for younger people with disabilities. Whilst law and policy are centred on the enabling of people with disabilities to live the lives of their choosing in the community, the report notes that the supports to enable them to do so ‘are underdeveloped, unplanned and often not sufficient to meet their needs’. Instead of taking a human rights based, social model approach, which would look to the person’s will and preference, there is an overemphasis on the medical model in the assessment form. There is little focus on a person’s abilities, capabilities or on options for care in the c...

http://doras.dcu.ie/22696/

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The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (Plain English Summary) (2018)

Pierce, Maria; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

The situation of younger people with disabilities living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1 (Plain English Summary) (2018)

Pierce, Maria; Kilcullen, Sophia; Duffy, Mel

Abstract:

This research is very timely given Ireland’s recent ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the imminent full commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act, 2015 together with proposed legislation dealing with Deprivation of Liberty. Although the sample in the study is small, it offers valuable insights into the referral of, and pathways into nursing homes for younger people with disabilities. Whilst law and policy are centred on the enabling of people with disabilities to live the lives of their choosing in the community, the report notes that the supports to enable them to do so ‘are underdeveloped, unplanned and often not sufficient to meet their needs‘. Instead of taking a human rights based, social model approach, which would look to the person’s will and preference, there is an overemphasis on the medical model in the assessment form. There is little focus on a person’s abilities, capabilities or on options for care in the co...

http://doras.dcu.ie/22695/

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