Minding Memory
Michigan Medicine Podcast Network
Welcome to Minding Memory. In this podcast we discuss topics related to dementia research. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for dementia research, and we have topics for both those new to the space as well as old pros. We start with some basics, like: What exactly is dementia? What are the different types of dementia? What is the TICS, if not a swarm of blood-sucking insects? But we also invite researchers on to discuss their interesting work to give you a glimpse at the questions, data, and methods moving the field forward.
Minding Memory is co-hosted by Matthew Davis and Lauren Gerlach. Matt and Lauren are health services researchers and professors at the University of Michigan. Matt’s PhD is in Data Science and Lauren is a geriatric psychiatrist. The Minding Memory podcast is part of the Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) at the University of Michigan, supported by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Additional support also comes from the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. The content of this podcast does not represent the views of the National Institutes of Health or the University of Michigan. Please consider subscribing to this podcast and make sure to check out our website. On our website you’ll also find links to the center’s seminar series and data products created specifically for dementia research.
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Dementia as a Cause of Death
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10/17/22 • 37 min
Causes of death were reclassified by the CDC to include contributing factors such as dementia. These changes resulted in dementia jumping up from the 8th cause of death in 2000 to the 6th cause of death in 2018 (and the 5th cause of death among older adults). In this episode we’ll talk with Dr. Bryan James from Rush University about dementia as a cause of death (versus contributing factor).
DISCLAIMER: In this episode we are going to be talking about research on dementia and mortality. Because research transcribes human experiences into cold numbers it tends to objectify real human conditions such as death. This can come off as insensitive if it hits close to home. Therefore, if you or someone you care for is a person living with Alzheimer’s disease you may not want to listen to this episode.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Additional Information:
Bryan James, PhD Faculty Profiles: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/bryan-d-james-phd
Epidemiology Counts Podcast (Co-Hosted by Bryan James): https://serepidemiologycounts.blubrry.net/
Article referenced in episode:
James BD, Leurgans SE, Hebert LE, Scherr PA, Yaffe K, Bennett DA. Contribution of Alzheimer disease to mortality in the United States. Neurology. 2014;82(12):1045-1050. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000240 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24598707/
- Rush Aging & Memory Project: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/research/departmental-research/memory-and-aging-project
- Rush Religious Orders Study: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/research/departmental-research/religious-orders-study
- CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence & Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
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02/26/24 • 38 min
In this episode, Matt and Donovan talk with Dr. Jason H. Moore, Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education (CAIRE) and Chair of the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Jason discusses the coming impact of artificial intelligence on a spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) issues. We discuss how tools such as AI-powered chatbots may improve quality of life for people living with dementia (and their caregivers) and how AI may contribute in the future to diagnosis and treatment.
Faculty Bio: https://researchers.cedars-sinai.edu/Jason.Moore
Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education (CAIRE): https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/research/areas/caire.html
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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02/12/24 • 56 min
In this episode of Minding Memory, Matt & Donovan speak with Dr. Joanne Spetz, the Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance and Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Joanne talks with Matt & Donovan about who makes up the professional workforce of people who provide dementia care and how these individuals play a critical role in the delivery of services. Joanne also discusses how different professional roles interact across setting of care. Lastly, Joanne introduces a new study she is working on with Donovan called the National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS) that will be surveying a large group of clinicians who provide care for people living with dementia.
Faculty Bio: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/joanne.spetz
Article Referenced in Podcast:
Candon M, Bergman A, Rose A, Song H, David G, Spetz J. The Relationship Between Scope of Practice Laws for Task Delegation and Nurse Turnover in Home Health. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Nov;24(11):1773-1778.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.07.023. Epub 2023 Aug 24. PMID: 37634547; PMCID: PMC10735229.
Previous Minding Memory Episodes on Dementia & Family Caregiving:
S1Ep9: Caregiving for individuals with Dementia (with Amanda Leggett)
S1Ep10: What is it like to be a Caregiver for a Person Living with Dementia? (with Peggy Arden)
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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01/29/24 • 38 min
In this episode of Minding Memory, Matt & Donovan speak with Dr. Lisa Barnes, the Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Neurological Sciences and Associate-Director of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Rush University. Dr. Barnes talks with Matt & Donovan about racial disparities in Alzheimer’s disease dementia and several obstacles that have impeded our understanding of race and dementia.
Faculty Profile: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/lisa-barnes-phd
RADC Resource Sharing Hub: https://www.radc.rush.edu/
Article Referenced in Podcast:
Barnes LL. Alzheimer disease in African American individuals: increased incidence or not enough data? Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Jan;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00589-3. Epub 2021 Dec 6. PMID: 34873310; PMCID: PMC8647782.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease
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02/20/23 • 46 min
In this episode, Matt & Donovan speak with University of Michigan School of Public Health Professor, Dr. J. Scott Roberts, who investigates the psychological and behavioral impact of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer's disease.
In addition to being a professor in the Health Behavior & Health Education department at the School of Public Health, Dr. Roberts is also a core lead of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Dr. Roberts’s research interests focus on the process and impact of risk assessment and disclosure for adult-onset disorders, as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of advances in genomic science & technology.
Faculty Profile: https://sph.umich.edu/faculty-profiles/roberts-j.html
Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center (MDAC): https://alzheimers.med.umich.edu/
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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Personal Financial Problems and the Onset of Dementia
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02/06/23 • 46 min
In this episode, Matt & Donovan speak with a health economist, Dr. Lauren Nicholas, whose research investigates how missing a single credit card payment may be a very early indicator of a cognitive issue. Dr. Nicholas is an associate professor in the department of Health Systems Management & Policy at the University of Colorado School of Public Health and has published several studies that examined on how a financial issue might be among the first signs of cognitive decline.
Lauren Nicholas Faculty Profile: https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/resources/directory/directory-profile/Nicholas-Lauren-UCD6003780837
Article referenced in this episode:
Nicholas LH, Langa KM, Bynum JPW, Hsu JW. Financial Presentation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias [published correction appears in JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):296]. JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):220-227. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6432
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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Emotional Burden & Depressive Symptoms in Caregivers
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01/23/23 • 46 min
In this episode, Donovan & Matt speak with Geoffrey Hoffman, a faculty member and researcher at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Dr. Hoffman discusses the transition to the role of caregiver for partners of persons diagnosed with dementia – and the unique emotional burden and stress that they undertake. Dr. Hoffman also discusses using the Health & Retirement Study (HRS) to better explore the emotional stress and onset of depression in caregivers.
Geoff Hoffman Faculty Profile: https://nursing.umich.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/geoffrey-j-hoffman
Article Referenced in this Episode
Harris ML, Errickson J, Ha J, Hoffman GJ. Depressive Symptoms and Caregiving Intensity Before and After Onset of Dementia in Partners: A Retrospective, Observational Study. Med Care. 2022;60(11):844-851. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000001771 [PMID: 36038513]
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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01/09/23 • 45 min
In this episode we’ll speak with Dr. Julie Bynum who was the senior author on a recent study that examined how the likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of dementia has changed over the last decade or so. We’ll discuss what this might mean clinically and what researchers that rely on Medicare data should take-away from this finding. We also will talk in general about the various approaches that exist for identification of dementia in Medicare billing data.
Julie Bynum Faculty Profile: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/dgpm/julie-bynum-md-mph
Article Referenced in this Episode
Davis MA, Chang CH, Simonton S, Bynum JPW. Trends in US Medicare Decedents' Diagnosis of Dementia From 2004 to 2017. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Apr 1;3(4):e220346. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0346. PMID: 35977316
Resources:
The Bynum-Standard 1-Year Algorithm for identifying Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in Medicare Claims data.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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Personality Type and Cognitive Resilience
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12/12/22 • 44 min
In this episode we discuss what’s known about the association between personality type and cognitive function. Further, the idea of resilience—or what protects the cognition of individuals with a high level of neuropathology associated with cognitive decline—might have important implications for dementia prevention. Our guests are Dr. Eileen Graham and Dr. Dan Mroczek. Drs. Graham and Mroczek are both faculty at Northwestern University with interests in how personality factors influence physical and cognitive health over the life course.
Article References in Podcast:
Graham EK, James BD, Jackson KL, et al. Associations Between Personality Traits and Cognitive Resilience in Older Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021;76(1):6-19. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa135
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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Vision Impairment as a Risk Factor for Dementia
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12/04/23 • 32 min
The population of older adults living with dementia is expected to swell to nearly 14 million by 2050 and is estimated to cost the US economy more than 500 billion each year. In the absence of a cure for Alzheimer's disease, the primary cause of dementia, there's interest in understanding modifiable risk factors. In theory, getting a handle on the modifiable risk factors for dementia, would enable public health efforts to reduce cognitive decline in dementia at the population level. We've come a long way in understanding the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias. However, there's still work to be done. In this episode, we'll speak with Dr. Josh Ehrlich, a researcher at the University of Michigan, who has examined vision impairment as a risk factor for dementia.
Joshua Ehrlich Faculty Profile: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/ophthalmology/joshua-r-ehrlich-md-mph
Articles Referenced in the Podcast:
Ehrlich JR, Goldstein J, Swenor BK, Whitson H, Langa KM, Veliz P. Addition of Vision Impairment to a Life-Course Model of Potentially Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors in the US. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Jun 1;79(6):623-626. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0723. Erratum in: JAMA Neurol. 2022 Jun 1;79(6):634. PMID: 35467745; PMCID: PMC9039828.
New York Times Article, July 2022: New Dementia Prevention Method May Be Behavioral, Not Prescribed
Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (2020)
Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A, Ames D, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Brayne C, Burns A, Cohen-Mansfield J, Cooper C, Costafreda SG, Dias A, Fox N, Gitlin LN, Howard R, Kales HC, Kivimäki M, Larson EB, Ogunniyi A, Orgeta V, Ritchie K, Rockwood K, Sampson EL, Samus Q, Schneider LS, Selbæk G, Teri L, Mukadam N. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission. Lancet. 2020 Aug 8;396(10248):413-446. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30367-6. Epub 2020 Jul 30. Erratum in: Lancet. 2023 Sep 30;402(10408):1132. PMID: 32738937; PMCID: PMC7392084.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
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How many episodes does Minding Memory have?
Minding Memory currently has 34 episodes available.
What topics does Minding Memory cover?
The podcast is about Dementia, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine, Aging and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Minding Memory?
The episode title 'The Professional Workforce of People Who Provide Dementia Care' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Minding Memory?
The average episode length on Minding Memory is 39 minutes.
How often are episodes of Minding Memory released?
Episodes of Minding Memory are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Minding Memory?
The first episode of Minding Memory was released on Oct 11, 2021.
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