A recently published study by LEGend researchers investigated factors associated with muscle mass in the UK Biobank (Morwani-Mangnani J et al., 2024).
As we age, muscle mass and strength naturally decline, affecting our health and independence. This study explored how diet, exercise, and sleep influence muscle health in middle-aged men and women. It [...]
LUMC researcher Niels van den Berg gave an interview together with Henne Holstege from Amsterdam UMC to answer reader’s questions about the predicted further increase in life expectancy.
During the interview with EenVandaag, the researchers address factors influencing life expectancy, including the role of genetics and social contacts, and how extra life years are linked to retirement age.
Read the whole interview in Dutch here.
A Paper on the effects of the Growing Old TOgether study on the transcriptomes of blood, subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle tissue was published by Fatih Bogaards and collaborating researchers from Wageningen and Belgium.
The researchers investigated the effects of a 13-week combined Growing Old TOgether (GOTO) lifestyle intervention on the transcriptomes of blood, subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle tissue. The transcriptomic effects were related to the metabolic health changes of the intervention and the shared variation between the three [...]
Jasmin Keller and other researchers from the LUMC and Iceland found that the shape of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), white matter brain lesions visible on MRI scans, is linked to the risk of dementia and the progression of cerebrovascular disease in older adults. In a study of 2,297 participants, those with irregularly shaped WMHs were more likely to experience an increase in these lesions and develop new brain issues, such as small strokes and microbleeds, over 5.2 years. These findings [...]
In September, a delegation of LEGend will visit the 20th congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) in Valencia, Spain. The theme of this year’s conference is From Healthy Ageing to Complex Needs in Older Adults. Our delegation will consist of >30 members who will contribute to the conference with over 10 presentations.
For more information visit the event website: https://eugms2024.com/
With this Toolkit, you will know how to design a nursing home garden based on evidence based practice!
The toolkit was developed in collaboration with W E I J D E Tuin – en Landschapsarchitecten.
The research was conducted by UNC-ZH in collaboration with Pieter van Foreest and the Academische Werkplaats Ouderenzorg Limburg.
For more information click here.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted an international multicenter study on the treatment and recovery of post-COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation: the EU-COGER study. Over 700 patients across 10 European countries were recruited within one year and were followed up to 6 months past discharge from rehabilitation. Recently, the first two scientific articles based on the EU-COGER study have been published in Age & Ageing and JAMDA. The most important findings are outlined in a factsheet, which you [...]
Following a publication on defining advance care planning (ACP) in dementia and what it entails, a second publication on the 33-country Delphi study addresses policy and research gaps.
Evidence-based policy should shape strategic priorities to guide professionals. The taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) chaired by Dr Jenny van der Steen (LUMC) and Dr Ida Korfage (Erasmus MC) has developed policy and research recommendations for ACP. The second article, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, was [...]
The “Toolkit Vitality Garden” is launched!
Going outside is not a luxury, but a necessity. Unfortunately, it seems that going outside is still not a normal part of daily nursing home practice.
With this (Dutch) toolkit you now know how to design a nursing home garden based on evidence-based practice. It is developed based on literature research, preliminary results of an intervention study and expertise of the research- and projectteam.
This research was carried out by the University Network for [...]
Jasmin Annica Keller and Jeroen de Bresser of the LUMC Radiology department published a paper on the identification of brain MRI phenotypes using a hierarchical clustering model. The results indicate that distinct brain MRI phenotypes are related to varying long-term risks of developing dementia. Brain MRI phenotypes may in the future assist in an improved understanding of the structural correlates of dementia predisposition.