McGill review guides mindfulness and yoga for older adults with cognitive impairment

The paper is led by Isabel Sadowski, a PhD candidate in Counselling Psychology at McGill, working with the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab (Professor Bassam Khoury) and collaborators from Université de Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke. The team published a scoping review described as guidance on using mindfulness, yoga and mind‑body interventions to support mental health in older adults with cognitive impairment.

Available materials supplied to this report do not include a publication date, journal name, DOI, abstract, methods section, numbers of studies included, or results and recommendations from the scoping review. The same materials do not list funding sources, conflicts of interest, ethics approvals, or author contact details for the paper, and no direct quotes from Isabel Sadowski or Professor Bassam Khoury were provided in the excerpts.

The subject scope named in the available text is specific: mindfulness, yoga and mind‑body interventions as interventions, the target population as older adults with cognitive impairment, and the outcome domain as mental health. The study type is explicitly a scoping review, which implies synthesis and guidance rather than a single trial, but the review’s methods - databases searched, inclusion criteria, number and types of studies, and synthesis approach - are not included in the supplied material.

Researchers, clinicians and community practitioners seeking the full review should consult the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab website and McGill’s institutional repository, and search major databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science; the Université de Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke publications lists are also logical places to check for collaborator listings or preprints. For attribution and clarification, contact attempts should begin with Isabel Sadowski, PhD candidate in Counselling Psychology at McGill, and Professor Bassam Khoury of the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab.

Institutional context in the supplied material highlights how academic libraries support evidence syntheses. The MUHC library text provided to this report explains the systematic-review workflow: "Once we receive your application, the library team will assess the project for initial readiness. If accepted, a meeting will be scheduled with the principal investigator and the team. This initial meeting will establish the mutual responsibilities for both parties, and a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed. If the project is not initially accepted, the library team will provide feedback to the research team in order to move forward." The MUHC materials add that "### Librarians as Co-authors" and state that "MUHC librarians have supported several projects since launching our systematic review service in 2012."

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The McGill-led scoping review led by Isabel Sadowski signals a focused synthesis effort on mindfulness, yoga and mind‑body approaches for older adults with cognitive impairment; before translating any recommendations into practice, consult the primary paper for its methods, specific guidance, and any caveats provided by the authors.