- Digital health interventions have the potential to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of palliative care. This is particularly relevant for people living with dementia where there is high psychosocial and spiritual symptom burden from early in the disease, and where non-pharmacological treatments like music, reminiscence, and life story therapies have a growing evidence base.
Research
DRNI Members Research is a list of ongoing and completed research carried out by DRNI members.
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Disease area
- Dementia (including Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias) (64)
- Parkinson's Disease and related disorders (16)
- Motor Neurone Disease (14)
- Neurodegenerative Disease (12)
- Lewy Body Dementia (2)
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (1)
- Not specified (1)
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome (1)
- Young Onset Dementia (1)
Field of research
- Basic/Discovery Research (38)
- Clinical Research (27)
- Social Research (13)
- Public Health (6)
- Connected Health (5)
- Economic Research (4)
- Brain Health (3)
- Assistive technology for dementia (2)
- Clinical Research, Social Research, Connected Health, Economic Research (2)
- Health Services Research (2)
- Neurodegeneration (2)
- Social research, Economic research (2)
- Ageing and Nutrition research (1)
- Digital palliative care (1)
- Gait Speed and Technology (1)
- Nursing care (1)
- Occupational Therapy (1)
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics (1)
Aims are to:
1. Characterise and compare alcohol consumption patterns in older adults in Ireland
2. Determine associations between alcohol patterns and cognitive function
3. Identify psychosocial mechanisms underpinning relations between alcohol and cognitive function
Aim(s): To examine the impact of VR on the understanding of emotions, cognitions and behaviours for people living with dementia among health professionals and carers.
This project examined personhood in dementia within formal care provision and relationships in Ireland. The concept of personhood within the context of formal care was examined through three different lenses: formal care policy, formal care settings and formal care relationships. Each lens provides different insights and perspectives into personhood in dementia and at both the macro and micro level of formal care provision. The central research question was: How is personhood in dementia conceptualised, expressed, facilitated and actualised in formal care in Ireland?
Project Aim(s): To perform a systematic analysis of tiRNA – protein complexes in ALS and Epilepsy models as well as samples from patients.
Project Aim(s): To develop and promote resilience in family carers of people with dementia.
Project Aim(s): To validate a cognitive communication assessment for people with dementia.
Project Aim(s): To review published cognitive–communication assessments to determine what psychometrically sound assessments exist that are applicable to all people with dementia.
We are conducting a survey and in-depth interviews to find out what are the support/service needs of people living with different types of dementia and their care partners, i.e. what services they have or would like access to/what resources would help to improve their quality of life.
Project Aim(s): Our overall aim is to revise existing phenotypic classifications using pathways and network analyses to generate newer more biologically classifications based on causative mechanisms, potential new therapeutic drug targets and indications, treatment response profiles and clinical sub-phenotypes.