ArticleThe Gerontologist2024
A Framework for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Dementia Risk and Burden.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Environmental Stressors and Neuroinflammation: Linking Climate Change to Alzheimer's Disease.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- The Role of Gerotranscendence Theory and Physical, Psychological, and Social Determinants in Predicting Life Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of tropical cyclone on cognitive function in older adults: a longitudinal study from Thailand.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
- Prescribing patterns of psychotropic medications among people living with dementia after disasters.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
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- The Role of the Neural Exposome as a Novel Strategy to Identify and Mitigate Health Inequities in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- A framework for ageing and health vulnerabilities in a changing climate.Nature climate change · 2024Article
- Climate change impacts on health across the life course.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Thirty Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease Unified by a Common Neuroimmune-Neuroinflammation Mechanism.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Extreme climate exposure and cognitive function among older adults in China: The moderating role of age-friendly home modifications.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) represent a public health crisis poised to worsen in a changing climate. Substantial dementia burden is modifiable, attributable to risk rooted in social and environmental conditions. Climate change threatens older populations in numerous ways, but implications for cognitive aging are poorly understood. We illuminate key mechanisms by which climate change will shape incidence and lived experiences of ADRD, and propose a framework for strengthening research, clinical, and policy actions around cognitive health in the context of climate change. Direct impacts and indirect risk pathways operating through built, social, interpersonal, and biomedical systems are highlighted. Air pollution compromises brain health directly and via systemic cardiovascular and respiratory ailments. Flooding and extreme temperatures constrain health behaviors like physical activity and sleep. Medical care resulting from climate-related health shocks imposes economic and emotional tolls on people living with dementia and caregivers. Throughout, inequitable distributions of climate-exacerbated risks and adaptive resources compound existing disparities in ADRD incidence, comorbidities, and care burden. Translational research, including work prioritizing underserved communities, is crucial. A mechanistic framework can guide research questions and methods and identify clinical- and policy-level intervention loci for prevention and mitigation of climate-related impacts on ADRD risk and burden.
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