Neurodegenerative Disease in Older People
A special issue of Geriatrics (ISSN 2308-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 213
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dementia; Parkinson’s disease; delirium; palliative care; health service research; complex interventions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, the population is ageing, and the burden of illness is shifting from communicable to non-communicable illnesses. Within the latter, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia as well as Parkinson’s disease, is increasing rapidly, while other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Motor Neuron Disease, are rarer but devastating to the individual. Neurodegenerative diseases have many common symptoms, such as cognitive and/or communication impairment, motor dysfunction, and swallowing/nutrition issues. All are currently incurable, and patients require excellent palliative care as part of symptom management. Equally, we must continue to seek a cure or treatments that delay or slow disease and/or symptom progression. Additionally, we must ensure that health and social care services are orientated to the needs of people with neurodegenerative diseases.
This Special Issue of Geriatrics will focus on three neurodegenerative diseases: dementia (including but not limited to Alzheimer’s disease), Parkinson’s disease, and Motor Neuron Disease. Articles relating to cross-disease symptoms such as communication, swallowing, and sleep particularly welcome. Research pertaining to health service delivery, social care, and risk reduction are also very welcome. Although the focus is on older people, learnings from younger populations may be relevant, and such research will be considered based on its individual merits. The Special Issue provides an open access opportunity to publish research articles, reviews, opinions, letters, and case reports related to this important field of research. We hope that you and your colleagues will submit any relevant articles for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Suzanne Timmons
Dr. Siobhan Fox
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neurodegeneration
- dementia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Motor Neuron Disease
- older person
- health service
- social care
- symptoms
- risk reduction
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