This Alzheimer’s Society funded project started in early 2011
The initial questions we asked identified:
The results showed, as expected, that our participants currently use multiple criteria and do not think there is one existing criterion that can be used in its current form.
In response to this, we worked towards creating a new version, based on a composite of positive elements from the more favoured existing criteria, voted for by our participants.
Our participants have also agreed that the new criterion should be broadened to identify people with milder impairments due to vascular damage, as well as those who have vascular dementia. This broadening of the scope will allow meaningful research into developing treatments that may delay or prevent possible progression to more severe symptoms or dementia.
People who present a mixed contribution of vascular and other forms of dementia (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease) will also be encapsulated and defined more clearly than before.
- Which criteria are currently used by researchers and clinicians in the field
- The positive and negative elements of these criteria
- If there is currently an existing criterion that is already suitable for more universal use
The results showed, as expected, that our participants currently use multiple criteria and do not think there is one existing criterion that can be used in its current form.
In response to this, we worked towards creating a new version, based on a composite of positive elements from the more favoured existing criteria, voted for by our participants.
Our participants have also agreed that the new criterion should be broadened to identify people with milder impairments due to vascular damage, as well as those who have vascular dementia. This broadening of the scope will allow meaningful research into developing treatments that may delay or prevent possible progression to more severe symptoms or dementia.
People who present a mixed contribution of vascular and other forms of dementia (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease) will also be encapsulated and defined more clearly than before.
