NON PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR ALZHEIMER'S

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John Bond

 

 

DOB: 19.04.47

Qualifications:
1969                                      BA Sociology     Essex University
2004                                      Academician of the Social Sciences (AcSS)

Current position:
Professor of Social Gerontology and Health Services Research

Previous positions:
1990-6; 2000-08/2006 Head of Centre for Health Services Research
1995-2005                           Associate Director, Institute for Ageing and Health
1994-5                                  Reader in Social Gerontology

Competitive awards and distinctions
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences
Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator

Recent Research Committee Experience:

  • Member of the ‘Population Health, Epidemiology and Health Services’ grant selection committee for the Health Research Board Ireland (2009)
  • Member of the Joint Research Ethics Scientific Committee, Newcastle University/Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Member of the NIHR College of Senior Investigators
  • Chair of the sub-panel of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Selection Panel

 

Recent research grant income:


2001

NESSTAC: North of England and Scotland Study of Tonsillectomy and Adeno-Tonsillectomy in Children. Funder: Health Technology Assessment

£783,686

 

 

 

2002

STOOL - Stepped Treatment of Older Adults On Laxatives. Funder: Health Technology Assessment

£413,597

 

 

 

2003

LIFELAX - Lifestyle and Laxatives in the Management of Chronic Constipation in Older People (co-applicant).  Funder: NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme

£904,398

 

 

 

2004

BARRY - Boundary work, normal ageing, and brain pathology.  Funder: Economic and Social Research Council

£155,286

 

 

 

2005

Cognitive Function and Ageing Cooperative. Funder: Medical Research Council

£26,827

 

 

 

2005

A Co-ordinating Centre for the UK Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases (including Alzheimer's Disease) Research Network (co-applicant).  Funder Department of Health

£4,000,000

 

 

 

2006

User and Carer Centred Respite Care for People with Dementia: Developing Methods of Evaluating the Effectiveness of Different Methods. Funder: NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme

£213,555

 

 

 

2006

Newcastle 85+ Study: Biological, Clinical and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Healthy Ageing (co-applicant). Funder: Medical Research Council

£2,224,874

 

 

 

2007

Is Ageing Changing? Health, Healthy Life and Cognitition Across Generation (co-applicant).  Funder: Medical Research Council

£2,567,459

 

 

 

2007

Assessment of mental capacity on going home from hospital (co-applicant).
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit

£233,000

 

 

 

2008

NIHR Senior Investigator Award

£60,000

 

 

 

2008

The transition from cognitive impairment to dementia: older people’s experiences. (co-applicant)
Funder: NHS R&D Service Delivery and Organisation. 

£249,563

 

Recent books:
Victor, C., Scambler, S. and Bond, J. (2009) The Social World of Older People: Understanding Loneliness and Social Isolation in Later Life. London: Open University Press.

Bond, J., Peace, S., Dittmann-Kohli, F. and Westerhof, G. (eds.) (2007) Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology. London: Sage Publications.

Bond J. and Corner, L. (2004) Quality of life and Older People. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Recent publications:
Bond, J. (2008) Challenges of an aging society: ethical dilemmas, political issues by Rachel A. Pruchno and Michael A. Smyer (eds) [Book Review] , Ageing & Society, 28,(6),pp.906-908.

Bond, J. and Cabrero, G. R. (2007) Health and dependency in later life, in Bond, J., Peace, S., Dittmann-Kohli, F. and Westerhof, G.(eds) Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology.London: Sage Publications, pp. 113-141.

Bond, J. and Corner, L. (2006) The future of well-being: quality of life of older people in the twenty-first century , in Vincent, J. A., Phillipson, C. and Downs, M.(eds) The futures of old age.London: Sage Publications, pp. 161-167.

Bond, J. and Corner, L. (2006) Mild cognitive impairment: where does it go from here? Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 13, (1), pp. 29-30.

Bond, J., Dickinson, H. O., Matthews, F., Jagger, C., Brayne, C. and MRC CFAS. (2006) Self-rated health status as a predictor of function, cognitive impairment and death: a longitudinal cohort study , European Journal of Ageing, 3, pp. 193-206.

Bond, J., Dittmann-Kohli, F., Westerhof, G. and Peace, S. (2007) Ageing into the future , in Bond, J., Peace, S. and Dittmann-Kohli, F.(eds) Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology.London: Sage Publications.

Bond, J., Wilson, J., Eccles, M., Vanoli, A., Steen, N., Clarke, R., Zarod, A., Lock, C., Brittain, K., Speed, C. and Rousseau, N. (2006) Protocol for north of England and Scotland study of tonsillectomy and adeno-tonsillectomy in children (NESSTAC). A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing surgical intervention with conventional medical treatment in children with recurrent sore throats , BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 6, pp. 13-doi:10.1186/1472-6815-6-13.

Collerton, J., Barrass, K., Bond, J., Eccles, M., Jagger, C., James, O., Martin-Ruiz, C., Robinson, A. L., Von Zglinicki, T. and Kirkwood, T. (2007) The Newcastle 85+ Study: biological, clinical and psychosocial factors associated with health ageing: study protocol , BMC Geriatrics, 7, pp. 14.

Corner, L. and Bond, J. (2006) The impact of the label of mild cognitive impairment on the individual s sense of self , Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 13, (1), pp. 3-12.

Corner, L., Brittain, K. and Bond, J. (2006) Social aspects of ageing , Women’s Health Medicine, 3, (2), pp. 78-80.

Grewal, I., Lewis, J., Flynn, T., Brown, J., Bond, J. and Coast, J. (2006) Developing attributes for a generic quality of life measure for older people: preferences or capabilities? Social Science and Medicine, 62, pp. 1891-1901.

Matthews, F. E., McKeith, I., Bond, J. and Brayne, C. (2007) Reaching the population with dementia drugs: what are the challenges? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, (7), pp. 627-631.

Matthews, F. E., Stephan, B. C. M., Bond, J., McKeith, I., Brayne, C. and on behalf of the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. (2007) Operationalisation of mild cognitive impairment: a graphical approach , PLoS Medicine, 4, (10), pp. 1615-1619.

Matthews, F. E., Stephan, B. C. M., McKeith, I., Bond, J., Brayne, C. and Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. (2008) Two-year progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia: to what extent do different definitions agree? Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 56, (8), pp. 1424-33.

Mihaylov, S. I., Stark, C., McColl, E., Steen, I., Vanoli, A., Rubin, G., Curless, R., Barton, R. and Bond, J. (2008) Stepped treatment of older adults on laxatives. The STOOL trial , Health Technology Assessment, 12, (13), pp. 1-160.

Moreira, T. and Bond, J. (2008) Does the prevention of brain ageing constitute anti-ageing medicine? Outline of a new space of representation for Alzheimer s Disease. Journal of Ageing Studies, 22, pp. 356-365.

Moreira, T., Hughes, J. C., Kirkwood, T., May, C., McKeith, I. and Bond, J. (2008) What explains variations in the clinical use of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a diagnostic category? International Psychogeriatrics, 20, (4), pp. 697-709.

Peace, S., Dittmann-Kohli, F., Westerhof, G. J. and Bond, J. (2007) The ageing world , in Bond, J., Peace, S., Dittmann-Kohli, F. and Westerhof, G.(eds) Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology.London: Sage Publications, pp. 1-14.

Randeria, L. and Bond, J. (2006) The Phoenix Group - living again after a diagnosis of dementia , PSIGE Newsletter, 93, (January), pp. 26-30.

Robinson, L., Hutchings, D., Corner, L., Beyer, F., Dickinson, H., Vanoli, A., Finch, T., Hughes, J., Ballard, C., May, C. and Bond, J. (2006) Wandering in dementia: a systematic literature review of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent wandering in dementia and evaluation of the ethical implications and acceptability of their use. Health Technology Assessment, 10(26).

Robinson, L., Hutchings, D., Corner, L., Finch, T., Hughes, J., Brittain, K. and Bond, J. (2007a) Balancing rights and risks: conflicting perspectives in the management of wandering in dementia , Health, Risk and Society, 9, (4), pp. 389-406.

Robinson, L., Hutchings, D., Dickinson, H. O., Corner, L., Beyer, F., Finch, T., Hughes, J., Vanoli, A., Ballard, C. and Bond, J. (2007b) Effectiveness and acceptability of non-pharmacological interventions to reduce wandering in dementia: a systematic review , International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, pp. 9-22.

Stephan, B. C. M., Brayne, C., McKeith, I., Bond, J., Matthews, F. E. and MRC CFAS. (2008) Mild cognitive impairment in the older population: who is missed and does it matter? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, (8), pp. 863-87.

Stephan, B. C. M., Matthews, F. E., McKeith, I., Bond, J., Brayne, C. and Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. (2007) Early cognitive change in the general population: how do different definitions work? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, (10), pp. 1534-1540.

Victor, C., Westerhof, G. and Bond, J. (2007) Researching ageing , in Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology.London: Sage Publications, pp. 85-112.

Vincent, J. A., Tulle, E. and Bond, J. (2008) The anti-ageing enterprise: science, knowledge, expertise, rhetoric and values , Journal of Ageing Studies, 22, pp. 291-294.

Xie, J., Matthews, F. E., Jagger, C., Bond, J. and Brayne, C. (2008) The oldest old in England and Wales: a descriptive analysis based on the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study , Age and Ageing, 27, (4), pp. 396-402.