Old Age Psychiatry - KCL

Barriers to and Benefits of a Dementia Diagnosis

It's Dementia Action Week 2023 and we're talking to Dr Chris Kalafatis and Pooja Kandangwa about the Brain Health Clinic, a specialised remote memory service within the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. We discuss the benefits of remote assessments, biomarker assessments and earlier diagnoses. 

Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia and plasma biomarkers

Today's guest is Olga Borejko who talks to us about new research in the department exploring Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Parkinson's Disease Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. ENLIST-UK, Olga's own PhD research and the European Platform for Neurogenerative Diseases are establishing biomarkers of these conditions, while the Abate study is trialling a new vaccine in it's treatment of cognitive function in Alzheimer's Disease.
For more info, visit: EPND.org or contact olga.borejko@kcl.ac.uk

Ethnic Minority Representation in Old Age Psychiatric Research

As Black History Month is coming to a close, Dr Zunera Khan and Kamara Israel-McLeish are talking to us about the Maudsley- BRC funded E-BAME study and their experience in encouraging under-represented communities to get involved in research.
For more information contact us at e-bame@kcl.ac.uk
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Late life Depression and progression to Dementia

In this week's episode, we are talking to Dr Mariia Bocharova about her PhD research exploring mechanisms of late life depression and the progression from these symptoms to Dementia. We explore mechanisms such as changes in brain structures and volumes, changes in neurocognitive domains that are key in late life depression and cognitive impairment and also the role of inflammation. 

Covid-19 in Care Homes and Apathy in Dementia

In this next episode, we are talking to Miguel Vasconcelos Da Silva about his PhD exploring Apathy in Dementia. We also discuss research exploring the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic in care homes, particularly the impact on staff and how they managed throughout this time. We also talk about the iWheld project, which enables training for care home staff to care for residents with dementia during unusually challenging times.

Biomarkers, Diagnostics and Novel Areas of Dementia Research

For Dementia Awareness Week, we are talking to Prof. Dag Aarsland, head of Old Age Psychiatry here at King's College London. Prof. Aarsland talks to us about the importance of biomarkers in diagnostic research of dementia, his experience working in the field over the last 30 years and his aims to inform care for memory service users and clinicians in exciting new research projects! 

Light, Circadian rhythms and Sundowning syndrome in care homes

Welcome to the first episode of the OAP podcast! Today, we're talking to Dr Ta Wei Guu, a psychiatrist from Taiwan. He'll be telling us about how light can affect the sleep-wake rhythms in care home residents and how this can affect Behavioural and Psychological symptoms of Dementia (BPSD).
Ref: https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5712