CFAS Wales

Publications & Outputs: Journal Articles and Reports

  • Windle G, Hoare Z, Woods B, Huisman M, Burholt V. (2021) A longitudinal exploration of mental health resilience, cognitive impairment and loneliness. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5504
  • Jia, F., Liu, F., Li, X., Shi, X., Liu, Y., & Cao, F. (2020). Cognitive reserve, modifiable-risk-factor profile and incidence of dementia: results from a longitudinal study of CFAS Wales. Aging & Mental Health, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1828270
  • Jia, F., Li, Y., Li, M., & Cao, F. (2020). Subjective Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Reserve Indicators, and the Incidence of Dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.08.005
  • Morgan, D., Burholt, V., & CFAS Wales Research Team (2020). Transitions in loneliness in later life: the role of social comparisons and coping strategies. Ageing & Society, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001634
  • Morgan, DJ, Burholt, V in collaboration with the CFAS Wales Research Team (2020). Loneliness as a Biographical Disruption—Theoretical Implications for Understanding Changes in Loneliness, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75 (9) 2029–2039 https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa097
  • MacLeod C.A., Bu F., Rutherford A.C., Phillips J., Woods R. & collaboration with the CFAS WALES research team (2021). Cognitive impairment negatively impacts allied health service uptake: Investigating the association between health and service use, SSM - Population Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100720
  • Windle, G., Bennett, K.M., MacLeod, C., and the CFAS WALES research team (2020). The influence of life experiences on the development of resilience in older people with co-morbid health problems. Frontiers in Medicine 7: 502314. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.502314
  • Burholt, V., Windle, G., Gott, M., Morgan, D. (2020). Technology Mediated Communication in Familial Relationships: Moderated-Mediation Models of Isolation and Loneliness. The Gerontologist, 60, 1202-12 https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa040
  • Evans, I. E., Martyr, A., Collins, R., Brayne, C., & Clare, L. (2019). Social isolation and cognitive function in later life: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 70(s1), S119-S144.

  • Evans, I. E., Llewellyn, D. J., Matthews, F. E., Woods, R. T., Brayne, C., Clare, L., & CFAS-Wales Research Team. (2019). Living alone and cognitive function in later life. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 81, 222-233.

  • Evans, I. E., Llewellyn, D. J., Matthews, F. E., Woods, R. T., Brayne, C., & Clare, L. (2019). Social isolation, cognitive reserve, and cognition in older people with depression and anxiety. Aging & mental health, 23(12), 1691-1700.
  • Silarova, B., Nelis, S.M., Ashworth, R.M., Ballard, C., Bieńkiewicz, M., Henderson, C., Hillman, A., Hindle, J.V., Hughes, J.C., Lamont, R.A. and Litherland, R., 2018. Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life. BMC public health, 18(1), pp.1-15.
  • Evans, I. E., Llewellyn, D. J., Matthews, F. E., Woods, R. T., Brayne, C., Clare, L., & CFAS-Wales Research Team. (2018). Social isolation, cognitive reserve, and cognition in healthy older people. PloS one, 13(8).
  • Canvin, K., MacLeod, C.A., Windle, G., & Sacker A. (2018). Seeking assistance in later life: how do older people evaluate their need for assistance? Age and Ageing, 47(3), 466-473. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx189

  • Burholt, V., Windle, G., Morgan, D. J., & CFAS Wales team. (2017). A social model of loneliness: The roles of disability, social resources, and cognitive impairment. The Gerontologist, 57(6), 1020-1030.

  • Burholt, V., & Sardani, A.V. (2017). The impact of residential immobility and population turnover on the support networks of older people living in rural areas: Evidence from CFAS Wales. Population, Space and Place. Published Online First: 28 December 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2132

  • MacLeod, C.A., Ross, A., Sacker, A., Netuveli, G., & Windle, G. (2017). Re-thinking social exclusion in later life: a case for a new framework for measurement. Ageing and Society. Published Online First: 15 September 2017. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000794

  • Yates, J.A., Clare, L., Woods, R.T., & Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (2017). "You've got a friend in me": can social networks mediate the relationship between mood and MCI?. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1), pp. 144. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0542-0

  • Clare, L., Wu, Y.T., Teale, J.C., MacLeod, C., Matthews, F., Brayne, C. & Woods, B. on behalf of the CFAS-Wales study team. (2017). Potentially-modifiable Lifestyle Factors, Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Function in Later Life: a Cross-sectional Study. PLOS Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002259

  • Sacker. A., Ross, A., MacLeod, C.A., Netuveli, G. & Windle, G. (2017) Health and social exclusion in older age: Evidence from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 71, 681-690. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-208037

  • Yates, J.A., Clare, L., Woods, R.T., & Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (2017) What is the Relationship between Health, Mood, and Mild Cognitive Impairment? Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 55(3), 1183-1193.

  • Yates, J.A., Clare, L., Woods, R.T., & MRC CFAS (2017) Subjective memory complaints, mood and MCI: a follow-up study. Aging & Mental Health, 21(3), 313-321.

  • Wu, Y. T., Fratiglioni, L., Matthews, F. E., Lobo, A., Breteler, M. M., Skoog, I., & Brayne, C. (2016). Dementia in western Europe: epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making. The Lancet Neurology, 15(1), 116-124.

  • Burholt, V., Windle, G., & Morgan, D. J. (2016). A Social Model of Loneliness: The Roles of Disability, Social Resources, and Cognitive Impairment. The Gerontologist, gnw125.

  • Joling, K. J., Windle, G., Dröes, R. M., Huisman, M., Hertogh, C. M. M., & Woods, R. T. (2015). What are the essential features of resilience for informal caregivers of people living with dementia? A Delphi consensus examination. Aging & Mental Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1124836

  • Bennett, K.M., & Windle, G. (2015) The importance of not only individual, but also community and society factors in resilience in later life. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38 (e94).

  • Yates, J.A., Clare, L., Woods, R.T., Matthews, F.E., & Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (2015) Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 48(S1), S115-S123.
  • Yates, J.A., Clare, L., & Woods, R.T. (2013) Mild cognitive impairment and mood: a systematic review. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 23(4), 317-356.
  • Woods, B. (2012) Motivational reserve: does it help our understanding of cognitive impairment?: Commentary on... Healthy brain ageing, 36(5), 178-179.

  • Macleod, C. A. (2011) Maintaining Function and Well-being in Later Life: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (CFAS Wales). Signpost Journal, 16 (1), 23-24.