Tag: Dementia

Increases seen in care hours from family and unpaid helpers, use of in-home medical care, hospital stay, use of nursing facility

Findings show variance in associated risk with hypertension, obesity, diabetes, low HDL cholesterol, and sleep disorders

Increased risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementia seen in association with higher and lower versus middle quintile of HDL-C

Black individuals exhibit higher frequency of delusions; Asian individuals have higher frequency of apathy

Individual patient data meta-analysis shows increased risk for dementia for those with untreated hypertension

Shorter leucocyte telomere length also associated with smaller total brain volume, white matter volume, hippocampus volume

Among patients with ADRD receiving care from a home health agency, antipsychotic use was tied to less improvement in activities of daily living

Significant, nonlinear association identified between time spent in sedentary behavior and incident dementia

Significant reductions were seen in dementia risk for rivaroxaban, apixaban, and dabigatran versus warfarin in network meta-analysis

Additionally, participation tied to greater retention of subsequent fluid intelligence