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- Evidence has shown that formal education, like high school and college, may reduce a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Research published in 2020 by The Lancet Commission that examined dementia interventions found 7% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by increasing early-life education.
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Why Education May Help Prevent Dementia. Education could play an important role in improving cognitive reserve, which is the brain’s ability to cope with damage that would otherwise lead to dementia, according to Oh.
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Lower education was associated with a greater risk for dementia in many but not all studies. The level of education associated with risk for dementia varied by study population and more years of education did not uniformly attenuate the risk for dementia.
Jul 23, 2010 · Examining the brains of 872 people who had been part of three large ageing studies, and who before their deaths had completed questionnaires about their education, the researchers found that more education makes people better able to cope with changes in the brain associated with dementia.
In the United Kingdom, policy initiatives (Department of Health, 2009, 2012) have aimed to address this skills gap, leading to increases in dementia education and training provision. However, there remains limited available evidence of education and training efficacy.
Higher childhood education levels and lifelong higher educational attainment reduce dementia risk. 2,35–37 New work suggests overall cognitive ability increases, with education, before reaching a plateau in late adolescence, when brain reaches greatest plasticity; with relatively few further gains with education after age 20 years. 38 This ...
- Gill Livingston, Gill Livingston, Jonathan Huntley, Andrew Sommerlad, Andrew Sommerlad, David Ames, ...
- 2020
Interventions for other risk factors including more childhood education, exercise, maintaining social engagement, reducing smoking, and management of hearing loss, depression, diabetes, and obesity might have the potential to delay or prevent a third of dementia cases. 3 Treat cognitive symptoms.
Dec 16, 2022 · Relying on educational training alone is unlikely to be sufficient for establishing high standards of person-centered care in dementia services. To establish skills in the delivery of such care, education may need to be supplemented by other learning methods such as working alongside those who can model good practice.
