Social connectedness and dementia prevention: Pilot of the APPLE-Tree video-call intervention during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Claudia CooperHassan MansourChristine CarterPenny RapaportSarah Morgan-TrimmerNatalie L MarchantMichaela PoppePaul HiggsJanine BrierleyNoa SolomonJessica BudgettMegan BirdKate WaltersJulie BarberJennifer WenbornIain A LangJonathan HuntleyKaren RitchieHelen C KalesHenry BrodatyElisa AguirreAnna BetzMarina PalomoPublished in: Dementia (London, England) (2021)
Our intervention was acceptable and feasible to deliver by group video-call. We argue that dementia prevention is both an individual and societal concern. For more vulnerable populations, messages that lifestyle change can help memory should be communicated alongside supportive, relational approaches to enabling lifestyle changes.