Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.
Highest usefulness score first. Studies without a score come last.
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This review highlighted the main challenges associated with optimal ACP initiation with PwD.
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The fornix is a white matter bundle located in the mesial aspect of the cerebral hemispheres, which connects various nodes of a limbic circuitry and is believed to play a key role in cognition and episodic memory recall.
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The Maillard reaction is a simple but ubiquitous reaction that occurs both in vivo and ex vivo during the cooking or processing of foods under high-temperature conditions, such as baking, frying, or grilling.
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Drugs with anticholinergic action are widely prescribed in the elderly population due to their potential clinical benefits.
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Stroke and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are cerebral pathologies with high socioeconomic impact that can occur together and mutually interact.
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Beneficiaries with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer disease and related dementias, hypertension, and psychiatric disorders had relatively high rates of switching into MA plans and low rates of switching out of MA plans.
Why it matters
This study found that beneficiaries with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias had relatively high rates of switching into Medicare Advantage plans and low rates of switching out. It does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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Individualized multidomain interventions may improve cognition and reduce AD/cardiovascular risk scores in patients at-risk for AD dementia.
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The geriatrician can have an important role in decisions for non-surgical management by shared decision making in the pre-operative period in patients ≥ 70 years with a hip fracture in the emergency room.
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Although a high proportion of patients received elements of palliative care, transitions to a goal of comfort or hospice happened very near death.
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The development of new and existing training and education should take account of subjects that are currently underrepresented and ensure that training reflects the Training Standard Framework and evidence regarding best practice for delivery.
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In this paper, we conduct a literature survey on various virtual reality (VR) treatments in psychiatry.
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Measurement of hippocampal volume has proven useful to diagnose and track progression in several brain disorders, most notably in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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41/100
Study results emphasize the need for improved EOL counseling in DLB, recognition of EOL symptoms, earlier hospice involvement, tailoring EOL care to DLB-specific needs, and clinician-family communication.
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Evaluation of each patient using a variety of decision making tools should help the orthopedic surgeon determine which patients would be better suited to non-operative management.
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A standardized assessment battery that captures shared characteristics of mobility and cognition seen in aging and neurodegeneration may increase comparability across research studies, detection of subtle or common reversible factors, and accelerate research progress in dementia, falls, and aging-related disabilities.
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41/100
Reducing participant burden, while ensuring that technological tools are suitable for older individuals, maintaining face-to-face contacts, and taking into account participant characteristics may increase adherence in future trials.
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Various methods of rehabilitation for dysphagia have been suggested through the experience of treating stroke patients.
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Dementia directly influences the quality of life of a person suffering from this chronic illness.
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It has been shown that aromatherapy with essential oils from the mint family can improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease patients.
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The process of advance care planning in dementia is far from straightforward; as dementia progresses, the ability to consider future thoughts and actions becomes compromised, thus affecting decision-making abilities.
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Down syndrome (DS) has been proposed by George Martin as a segmental progeroid syndrome since 1978.
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Frailty and sarcopenia have recently gained considerable attention in terms of preventive care in Japan, which has an ever-increasing aging population.
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This unique study has confirmed the relevance of much of the content of existing end of life frameworks to dementia.
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41/100
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) defines an entire spectrum of neurologic disorders from mild cognitive impairment to dementia caused by cerebral vascular disease.
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Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is composed of several diseases affecting the small arteries, arterioles, venules, and capillaries of the brain, and refers to several pathological processes and etiologies.
From across this topic
10 of the 7,967 studies in this topic, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 10. The same 10 appear here every time.
- Antibiotic use during end-of-life care: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
- Multiple pathologies are common and related to dementia in the oldest-old: The 90+ Study
- Subjective cognitive decline as a predictor of future cognitive decline: a systematic review
- Combined anticoagulant-antiplatelet use and major bleeding events in elderly atrial fibrillation patients
- Leading Chronic Disease Prevention With Evidence-Based Policy: The ASTHO Example
- Multicentre population-based dementia prevalence survey in Japan: a preliminary report
- Screening for dementia in primary care: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- How to efficiently move towards primary prevention in sporadic AD
- Acute Kidney Injury, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Cohort Study of Patients from SPRINT
- Managing medications: the role of informal caregivers of older adults and people living with dementia. A review of the literature