Geriatrics News

Transcranial direct current stimulation improved picture recognition among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or frontotermporal dementia, according to findings presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Findings presented at the American Academy of Neurology showed accuracy of quantitatively-derived Severe Impairment Battery composite scores for individuals with moderate-to-severe or severe Alzheimer’s disease.

Training nursing home staff to anticipate resident needs can decrease the use of antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia; however, training reinforcement is needed to sustain the decreases, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Rivastigmine plus citalopram did not have superior efficacy compared with rivastigmine alone among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, according to data presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Memantine plus cholinesterase inhibitors reduced agitation, delusion and other behavioral symptoms in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, according to data presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Analysis of national data indicated modest and time-dependent associations between mental and behavioral disorders and increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Recent findings indicated a higher number of midlife vascular risk factors, such as diabetes and higher BMI, was associated with increased risk for brain amyloid deposition, a marker of Alzheimer’s disease.

Benzodiazepines, a class of commonly used sedatives, were linked with an increased risk for pneumonia among patients with Alzheimer disease, according to findings from a newly published study from Finland.

The FDA authorized marketing of 23andMe Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk tests for 10 diseases and conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and celiac disease.

Recent findings indicated utility of polygenic risk scores for determining individual differences in age-specific genetic risk for Alzheimer disease.