NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library)

The final #ARCseminar of 2025 is at 1pm TODAY!

Creative arts for #dementia

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With:
🔹Dr @stephenlim.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social
🔹Dr Ming-Hung Hsu @arceastofengland.bsky.social
🔹Dr Megan Polden @arcnwc.bsky.social
🔹Prof Linda Clare @penarc.bsky.social

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library)

Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025

Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia
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Short talks explore the impact of music therapy, singing & dancing interventions for people with dementia & using creative arts to involve people with dementia in research.

A fantastic afternoon spent yesterday bringing together colleagues from the Centre for Ageing Resilience in an Ageing Environment and our team @acha020.bsky.social - lots of possibilities for cross-London collaboration to bring the whole research pipeline for ageing together end-to-end!

Academics represent BU at two Parliamentary events

Well done Lee-Ann (Our Social Care Research lead) and Mel @buresearch.bsky.social going to Westminsters to talk Tech and Social Care and Mel on seldom heard voices

www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-04...

@basw-uk.bsky.social @hantsconnect.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @rorycj.bsky.social

Image of older people in a park by a lake smiling for a selfie photo - with details of the Festival of Applied Dementia Research taking place across England to mark Dementia Week May 19-25 with the Alzheimer's Society

You know what's better than having over 60 Dementia #DEMCOMM Researchers? Having a festival to celebrate Dementia Week May 19-25 - #DEFEST with
@alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
@stephenlim.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/demfest25

Delighted to be working with @arcwessex.bsky.social Prof Julia Sinclair and team to better understand alcohol use disorder in older adults. www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are...

Alcohol and muscle - interactions with ageing & sarcopenia
@stephenlim.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social our research lead for Ageing & dementia joins our #alcohol #nutrition conference with @nutritionsociety.bsky.social

@uhsftresearch.bsky.social @skaistelin.bsky.social

The evidence and impact of deprescribing on sarcopenia parameters: a systematic review - BMC Geriatrics Background Polypharmacy (concomitant prescription of ≥ 5 medications) affects a third of older people, and evidence suggests an association with sarcopenia (loss of skeletal muscle mass/quality, muscl...

SR: Impact of #deprescribing on sarcopenia:
- no effect on skeletal muscle mass
- some studies find ⬆️ in strength, phys. perf. & nutritional status.

Pairing DeRx with nutrition & exercise therapies may further prevent sarcopenia. More research needed:
bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

De-prescribing for people with #MCI Mild cognitive impairment. The STOP-DEM project produced a toolkit to help www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are...

@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
@uhsft.bsky.social
#polypharmacy

Network depicting all statistically significant (p < αFDR) pairwise associations between chronic health conditions among persons living with dementia and multiple comorbidities who resided in long-term care

Comorbidities among older persons living with dementia do not appear to cluster into distinct groups or patterns highlighting the importance of taking an individualized approach for chronic disease management. #geriatrics #dementia agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The consolation is that you are not as bad as MUFC. :)

Piloting a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: a developmental study academic.oup.com/ageing/artic... - one of the final papers from the DACHA, led by the indefatigable @hdemcop.bsky.social - too many colleagues involved to tag here - but all named below.

No/Lo Project - Sheffield Addictions Research Group The No/Lo Project investigates whether non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks can improve people’s health. These drinks are beers, ciders, wines, spirits that are alcohol-free or contain a little alcohol...

If you attended the roundtable discussion on no- and low-alcohol products this morning at the SPECTRUM Alcohol Knowledge Exchange Workshop, you might be interested to find out more about our NIHR-funded project evaluating and responding to the public health impact of no- and low-alcohol drinks.

Everyday life and boredom of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: a merged methods study - BMC Geriatrics Background Everyday life in residential long-term care is widely portrayed as boring. However, empirical evidence on this topic remains limited, particularly for the vulnerable group of people living ...

#LTC residents spent 47.5% of their day doing nothing. Interventions need to be personalized to combat effectively the highly individual nature of boredom. Person-centered #dementia care provides a valuable intervention strategy to meet this requirement.

#Alzheimers #caregiving #mentalhealth

Cumulative anticholinergic exposure and white matter hyperintensity burden in community‐dwelling older adults Background Anticholinergic exposure is associated with dementia risk; however, the mechanisms for this association remain unclear. The objective of this study was to examine the association between ...

#anticholinergics
Dec 2024
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conclusions
The highest anticholinergic exposure was associated with greater white matter hyperintensity (WMH) burden

Our paper on the impact of living with multiple long-term conditions on everyday life: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The 'work' is not only around medications and healthcare use, it is also emotional & financial with lots of learning & adaptation
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Registration will soon be open for ARC South London's 2025 Implementation Science Masterclass. Learn from international experts in the field and receive guidance on how to work more effectively on your own implementation projects. #ImpSci

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World leaders in mental health share knowledge with ARC network As part of the capacity-building activities for the cross-ARC Mental Health Implementation Network (MHIN), the team held a course on leadership and professional development skills led by Prof Norman S...

The cross-ARC Mental Health Implementation Network (MHIN) held a course on leadership and professional development skills led by Prof Norman Sartorius and Prof Sir Graham Thornicroft, former ARC South London Director

arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...

@nihrarcs.bsky.social

Among healthy, physically active older adults, muscle mass and sarcopenia were not improved by vitamin D, daily omega-3s, or a simple home exercise program compared with control over 3 years. #geriatrics #medsky
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The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) - Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) is a new research, education and training centre from Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London with ambitious plans to lead innovative r...

Was great to chair the inaugural executive group for the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing with colleagues joining across health, research, social care and public health

If this has got you curious you can learn more here
acha.qmul.ac.uk

40 Faces of Brendoncare - Dr Sam Meredith - Brendoncare Dr Sam Meredith from Southampton University played a key role in the development of volunteer-led exercise classes at our community clubs.

Exceptional work from Sam and Steve Lim on the ImPACt project brendoncare.org.uk/40-faces-of-...

www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are...

@bmj.com @gerisoc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

#olderpeople

@shaunlintern.bsky.social @adamgordon1978.bsky.social

Thanks @emmavardy2.bsky.social that’s really helpful! :)

go.bsky.app/EL1eBC4 @stephenlim.bsky.social

Transforming Healthy Ageing: Insights from the Pioneers Leading the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing - Barts Life Sciences Welcome to this special interview with two of the three distinguished professors who have been appointed as Professorial Chairs for the newly established Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) at B...

An interview by Bart’s Life Sciences with @proflizsampson.bsky.social
and me about our proposed work at the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing bartslifesciences.org/transforming...

Great to see good friends supported on a mission!

Policy Recommendations for Making Coproduction Meaningful — Centre for the South Coproduction can be a powerful tool for improving public services and developing policy. Empowering community voices is an important part of informing and developing place-based solutions to local cha...

Great advice here www.centreforthesouth.co.uk/activities/p...