Geriatrics News

NEW YORK — Results from two phase-3 studies of esketamine presented here demonstrated clinical significance in treatment-resistant depression.

Veterans who had a mild traumatic brain injury and did not lose consciousness were at increased risk for dementia, according to findings recently published in JAMA Neurology.

NEW ORLEANS —  Benzodiazepines in older patients with delirium may be an acceptable pharmacological approach after all, according to Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, a general internist at Virginia Commonwealth University and member of the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting planning committee.

Although off-label antipsychotic drug use has declined in nursing homes due to efforts from the CMS, use of these drugs has increased slightly among patients with dementia living in the community, according to a report issued by the AARP Public Policy Institute.

Study findings demonstrated that higher education level was significantly associated with lower risk for dementia later in life among African-Americans.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Despite their frequent off-label use in hospitals, antipsychotics and benzodiazepines do not treat delirium in older patients, even in palliative care, according to a presenter at Hospital Medicine 2018.

Initiation of prescription opioid analgesics slightly reduced the use of both antipsychotic medications and benzodiazepines in community-dwelling adults with Alzheimer’s disease living in Finland, according to findings published in International Psychogeriatrics.

The Montreal Parkinson Risk of Dementia Scale displayed a predictive validity that was identical or greater than previously described algorithms that utilized biomarker assessments, according to findings recently published in JAMA Neurology.

The 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report issued by the Alzheimer’s Association revealed that the cost of care for Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias is expected to exceed a quarter of a trillion dollars for the second year in a row, and the number of related deaths rose by 123%, according to a press release issued by the organization.

Excessive daytime sleepiness was linked to an increase in longitudinal beta amyloid accumulation among elderly adults without dementia, indicating excessive daytime sleepiness may be a risk factor for dementia, according to study findings.