The final #ARCseminar of 2025 is at 1pm TODAY! Creative arts for #dementia ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/creative-a... 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

Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025 Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia eventbrite.com/e/creative-a... 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!

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

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

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

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/...

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.

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.

#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

#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....

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 arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...

What is knowledge mobilisation? And how does it work? Our #KnowledgeMobilisation (#KM) lead Helen Baxter and Sheffield's @joelangley.bsky.social joined the Essential Implementation podcast for a chat about KM a few weeks back, to answer these questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Bv...

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 agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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

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

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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!

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