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2014, 'The prevalence and causes of younger onset dementia in Eastern Sydney, Australia', International Psychogeriatrics, 26, pp. 1955 - 1965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214001835
,2014, 'Adiposity estimated using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and body mass index and its association with cognition in elderly adults', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, pp. 2311 - 2318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13157
,2014, 'Progression of cognitive impairment in stroke/TIA patients over 3 years', Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 85, pp. 1324 - 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2013-306776
,2014, 'Successful ingredients in the SMILE study: Resident, staff, and management factors influence the effects of humor therapy in residential aged care', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, pp. 1427 - 1437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.08.005
,2014, 'The Study of Mental and Resistance Training (SMART) Study-Resistance Training and/or Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Sham Controlled Trial', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15, pp. 873 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.09.010
,2014, 'Through a glass, only slightly less darkly: Advances in measuring the influences of late-life anxiety', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, pp. 1379 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2014.09.005
,2014, 'Unpacking the evidence: Interventions for reducing behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia', Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 32, pp. 294 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02703181.2014.934944
,2014, 'The state of psychogeriatrics in Europe: challenges and opportunities in six European countries', International Psychogeriatrics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214002191
,2014, 'Personality disorders in geriatric inpatients in a tertiary hospital', Australasian Psychiatry, 22, pp. 458 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856214541688
,2014, 'Sub-cortical infarcts and the risk of falls in older people: Combined results of TASCOG and Sydney MAS studies', International Journal of Stroke, 9, pp. 55 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12279
,2014, 'White matter integrity and late-life depression in community-dwelling individuals: Diffusion tensor imaging study using tract-based spatial statistics', British Journal of Psychiatry, 205, pp. 315 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.142109
,2014, 'Anthropometric indices in a community-dwelling Australian population aged 70–90 years: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 72, pp. 8 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12140
,2014, 'Can a tailored exercise and home hazard reduction program reduce the rate of falls in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: Protocol paper for the i-FOCIS randomised controlled trial', BMC Geriatrics, 14, pp. 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-89
,2014, 'Impaired Fasting Glucose in the Elderly: Metabolic and Disease Burden and 2-Year Incident Heart Disease, Cancer and Mortality', ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, 35, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805107164&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Serum Insulin and Two-Year Changes in Global Cognition, Memory and Total Brain Volume in the Elderly: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, 35, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805107161&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Statin Use but Not Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Cognitive Decline in the Elderly: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, 35, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805106017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Assessment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in the era of the aged care funding instrument', The Internet Journal of Psychiatry, 3, pp. N/A, http://ispub.com/IJPSY/3/1/14814%23
,2014, 'Correlates of psychological distress in study partners of older people with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Aging and Mental Health, 18, pp. 694 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2013.875123
,2014, 'Caregivers' experience of the decision-making process for placing a person with dementia into a nursing home: Comparing caregivers from Chinese ethnic minority with those from English-speaking backgrounds', International Psychogeriatrics, 26, pp. 413 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610213002020
,2014, 'A longitudinal study of brain atrophy over two years in community-dwelling older individuals', NeuroImage, 86, pp. 203 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.022
,2014, 'Plasma protein profiling of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease using iTRAQ quantitative proteomics', Proteome Science, 12, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5956-12-5
,2014, 'Among vitamin B12 deficient older people, high folate levels are associated with worse cognitive function: Combined data from three cohorts', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 39, pp. 661 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-131265
,2014, 'Computer-assisted direct observation of behavioral agitation, engagement, and affect in long-term care residents', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.006
,2014, 'High arterial pulse wave velocity is a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older people', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, pp. 1534 - 1539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12931
,2014, 'Increased risk of cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes is associated with metformin', Diabetes Care, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-0278
,2014, 'Influence of population versus convenience sampling on sample characteristics in studies of cognitive aging', Annals of Epidemiology, 24, pp. 63 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.10.005
,2014, 'Novel ThickNet features for the discrimination of amnestic MCI subtypes', NeuroImage: Clinical, 6, pp. 284 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2014.09.005
,2014, 'PerCEN: A cluster randomized controlled trial of person-centered residential care and environment for people with dementia', International Psychogeriatrics, 26, pp. 1147 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214000398
,2014, 'Predictors of institutionalization in dementia: A three year longitudinal study', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 40, pp. 221 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-131850
,2014, 'Study protocol of the Going to Stay at Home program: Evaluation of a residential carer training program to reduce dementia carer distress and burden', SpringerPlus, 3, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-330
,2014, 'The effects of humor therapy on nursing home residents measured using observational methods: The SMILE cluster randomized trial', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15, pp. 564 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.017
,2014, 'The sub-classification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment using MRI-based cortical thickness measures', Frontiers in Neurology, 5 MAY, pp. 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00076
,2014, 'Use of the Tailored Activities Program to reduce neuropsychiatric behaviors in dementia: An Australian protocol for a randomized trial to evaluate its effectiveness', International Psychogeriatrics, 26, pp. 857 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214000040
,2014, 'What do clients expect of community care and what are their needs? The Community care for the Elderly: Needs and Service Use Study (CENSUS)', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 33, pp. 206 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12118
,2014, 'DNA methylation of the MAPT gene in Parkinson's disease cohorts and modulation by vitamin E In Vitro', Movement Disorders, 29, pp. 1606 - 1614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.25784
,2014, 'Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 is associated with cognitive impairment and predicts cognitive decline – The Sydney Memory and Aging Study', Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 20, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.npbr.2014.01.145
,2014, 'O1‐06‐05: VALIDITY OF THE GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE AND THE COLLATERAL SOURCE VERSION OF THE GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE IN RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.04.090
,2014, 'P3‐276: REDUCING INAPPROPRIATE USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION THROUGH CLINICIAN EDUCATION AND NON‐PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF BPSD', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1368
,2014, 'P3‐363: FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP NETWORKS OF RESIDENTS IN A NURSING HOME ENVIRONMENT', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1457
,2014, 'Something to SMILE about: potential benefits to staff from humour therapy with nursing home residents', Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 40, pp. 47 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20130930-01
,2014, 'The impact of glucose disorders on cognition and brain volumes in the elderly: the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', AGE, 36, pp. 977 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-013-9613-0
,2014, 'The timecourse of global cognitive gains from supervised computer-assisted cognitive training: a randomised, active-controlled trial in elderly with multiple dementia risk.', The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, pp. 33 - 39
,2013, 'Limited relationships between two-year changes in sulcal morphology and other common neuroimaging indices in the elderly', NeuroImage, 83, pp. 12 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.058
,2013, 'The contribution of twins to the study of cognitive ageing and dementia: The Older Australian Twins Study', International Review of Psychiatry, 25, pp. 738 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2013.870137
,2013, 'COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups', BMC Neurology, 13, pp. 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-165
,2013, 'Increased risk of cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes is associated with metformin (vol 36, pg 2981, 2013)', DIABETES CARE, 36, pp. 3850 - 3850, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc13-er11b
,2013, 'Neuropsychological, Physical, and Functional Mobility Measures Associated With Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults.', The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 69, pp. 987 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt166
,2013, 'Best practice in assessing depression in nursing homes', INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS, 25, pp. S60 - S61, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000337753100140&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'The state of psychogeriatrics in different regions of the world: Challenges and opportunities', International Psychogeriatrics, 25, pp. 1563 - 1569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610213001002
,2013, 'Dementia: 14 Essentials of management', Medicine Today, 14, pp. 29 - 41
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