Executive summary The number of older people, including those living with dementia, is
rising, as younger age mortality declines. However, the age-specific incidence of dementia …

Executive summary Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly
improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so …

Objective: Public health campaigns encouraging early help seeking have increased rates of
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis in Western countries, but we know little about …

Sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia but it remains unclear whether sleep duration
prior to old age is associated with dementia incidence. Using data from 7959 participants of …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to measures that
reduced social contact and support. We explored whether UK residents with more frequent …

Background Nine potentially modifiable risk factors (less childhood education, midlife
hearing loss, hypertension, and obesity, and later-life smoking, depression, physical …

Background Loneliness is experienced by a third of older adults in the UK and is a
modifiable potential risk factor for depressive symptoms. It is unclear how the association …

Background Being married is associated with healthier lifestyle behaviours and lower
mortality and may reduce risk for dementia due to life-course factors. We conducted a …

Background There is need to identify targets for preventing or delaying dementia. Social
contact is a potential target for clinical and public health studies, but previous observational …

Background Hospitalisation is often harmful for people with dementia and results in high
societal costs, so avoidance of unnecessary admissions is a global priority. However, no …