Geriatrics News

Individuals in their last year of life had high rates of depressive symptoms, with nearly 60% experiencing depression in the last month before death, according to results of an observational cross-sectional cohort study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Statin therapy in elderly patients was not linked to a greater decline in cognition or memory during a 6-year period, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Conservative estimates indicate that more than 100,000 U.S. Medicare recipients have undiagnosed dementia, according to published reports.

Participation in an aerobic exercise training or a stretching and toning program was linked to improved performance on memory and executive function tests in previously sedentary patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, or aMCI, study findings showed.

Researchers found that bispectral electroencephalography, or EEG, can predict patient outcomes, including mortality, in older hospitalized patients.

Within the next 30 years, the number of people with dementia is set to triple, according to WHO.

Researchers found a significant relationship between depressive symptoms and onset of functional disability among U.S. Chinese older adults, according to a study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

A history of migraine was a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and for all-cause dementia, but not vascular dementia, according to a statistical analysis published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Older adults have the lowest mental health service use despite having a high prevalence of mental health conditions, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Moderate exercise may help delay the development of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in at-risk older adults, according to three studies presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association convention.