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This includes how diverse communities view, understand and interact with these risk factors, and how this impacts inequality in brain health and wellbeing as individuals and communities age.<\/li>\n<li>Embed co-design approaches across all our work, developing meaningful interventions and measures of success grounded in outcomes relevant to those with lived experience of dementia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Current projects<\/h2>\n<p>Some of our projects relating to physical activity and exercise are funded through and conducted via the <a href=\"https:\/\/arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk\/healthy-ageing\">NIHR Greater Manchester Applied Research Collaboration Healthy Ageing Theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kokuhealth.com\/\">Keep On Keep Up (KOKU)-LITE<\/a> (Jaheeda Gangannagaripalli) &#8211; Digital technologies for falls prevention and to improve wellbeing for people living with dementia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk\/projects\/Meaningful-moments-of-connection\">Everyday aesthetics and the intersection of arts and health<\/a> (Sarah Fox) &#8211; Involves the use of a participatory approach to develop, deliver and evaluate a tailored, multi-arts social intervention with people with dementia living at home.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk\/projects\/deconditioning-in-hospitalised-patients-with-dementia\">Deconditioning in hospitalised patients with dementia<\/a> (Emma Elliott) &#8211; A systematic review to examine evidence of physical activity interventions for hospitalised patients with dementia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crd.york.ac.uk\/prospero\/display_record.php?RecordID=482947\">View the protocol registered on PROSPERO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk\/projects\/physical-activity-and-dementia\">Assessing the effects of physical activity interventions on the maintenance of cognitive function in midlife to reduce the risk of cognitive decline<\/a>\u202f(Sarah Smith) &#8211; The results of this systematic review will be explored with Public and Community Involvement and Engagement (PCIE) representatives and relevant stakeholders. Assessment of the need for a feasibility study will then follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crd.york.ac.uk\/prospero\/display_record.php?RecordID=492462\">View the protocol on PROSPERO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review (Prof Emma Vardy)<\/li>\n<li>Qualitative study completed and in submission for publication, in collaboration with Integrated Care Board partners Dementia United: A study of the acceptability of a community delirium toolkit to healthcare staff (Prof Emma Vardy)<\/li>\n<li>Collaborations with teams at the University of Edinburgh and Manchester Metropolitan University exploring delirium detection in different contexts and exploiting delirium as a risk factor for dementia to aid diagnosis (Prof Emma Vardy)<\/li>\n<li>Greater Manchester Dementia Research Action Group: Our Network (DRAGON) &#8211; Established with <a href=\"https:\/\/gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/\">Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dementia-united.org.uk\/\">Dementia United<\/a> to be a voice for those with lived experience of dementia, to shape the direction of dementia research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/healthy-ageing\/2024\/06\/26\/organisations-of-hope\/\">Organisations of Hope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/healthy-ageing\/2024\/09\/03\/mental-capacity-and-personal-finances-a-qualitative-study-of-assessment-and-support\/\">Mental capacity and personal finances<\/a> &#8211; 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