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FUNDED
PROJECTS:
- National Mental Health Survey of the Elderly
2003
- Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study (SLAS),
the principal population-based longitudinal aging cohort study
under the GRP
- Singapore Longitudinal Aging Brain Study
(SLABS), a longitudinal study of cognitively normal brain structure,
function and cognition in the elderly
- Community-based Early Psychiatric Interventional
Strategy (CEPIS)
- Singapore Aged Project: Falls and Fractures-Investigation
of Risk and Epidemiology (SAPFIRE)
- Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly: Prevalence
and Anti-Coagulant Therapy
- Singapore Study of Successful Aging (SSOSA)
- Response Shift in Quality of Life in Breast
Cancer Patients
RESEARCH
THEMES:
- Functional disability: prevalence, trends,
risk factors, healthcare and social service
- Cultural-linguistic bias in test and item
performance in Geriatric Assessment Scales (ADL, IADL, GDS, MMSE,
etc)
- Dementia and cognitive impairment: prevalence,
risk factors, impact
- Mild cognitive impairment and early dementia:
syndrome definition and characterization, screening instruments
- Nutritional factors, neurocognitive functions
and dementia
- Anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory mediators
and cognitive function
- Depression in old age: prevalence, co-morbid
association with chronic illnesses, somatization, sub-sydromal
depression, vascular depression, nutritional factors
- Health service utilizations of elderly:
impact, predictive factors
- Community-based screening and primary
care treatment of old age depression
- Longitudinal study of cognitively normal
elders relating brain structure, function and cognition
- Singapore-Sweden Collaborative Study of
Cultural Differences in Aging
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:
nutritional factors, hospitalizations, mortality and quality of
life
- Cognitive impairment, depression and functional
outcomes of stroke patients in community hospital care
- Nutritional, physical activity and psychological
interventions for at risk frail elderly in the community
COLLABORATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES:
Research information from the GRP are shared with government and
non-governmental organizations including the Elderly Care and Policy
Divisions of the Ministry of Community Development (MCDS), Elderly
& Continuing Care Division, Ministry of Health, and the Gerontological
Society of Singapore (GSS), Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE),
and fed up to the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Aging for national
policy and planning.
The GRP is funded by grants from A-STAR Biomedical
Research Council (BMRC) and the National Medical Research Council.
It also combines its research mission with social service at its
SLAS study centre in the community. As a partner in community service
project with Community Development Councils, it receives high level
support from and forges close community relations with local grassroots
leaders and residents in the Council areas, while providing free
health examination and talks. The CDC provides substantial support
and assistance in setting up study sites at Residential Committee
and Senior Citizens Centres for the ongoing conduct of the research.
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