Geriatric Assessment

In a cohort of older community-dwelling women, unfavorable sleep patterns were associated with cognitive impairment and higher dementia risk, according to data published in Neurology.

Geriatric assessment may be successfully applied to chronic kidney disease care for patients older than 70 years, and health care providers perceive it as relevant and beneficial, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Personalizing treatment using both geriatric assessment and genetic profiling may decrease rates of early mortality among older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, according to a study from ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Technology was found to be both easy to use and highly acceptable in a cohort of those with Alzheimer’s-related agitation and their caregivers, according to a poster presentation at CTAD.

Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among United States military veterans aged 65 years and older increased from 2010 to 2019, according to a poster presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

ASCO has issued updated guidelines on evaluation and management of vulnerabilities in patients aged 65 years and older prior to initiating systemic cancer treatment.

BOSTON — For centenarians hospitalized with stroke, outcomes after treatment were affected by presenting stroke severity and ambulatory status at discharge, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Men aged 65 years and older had a significantly higher rate of skull fracture compared with women after blunt head trauma, mostly because of falls, according to a study from The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Although a study on the benefits of geriatric assessment in older patients with cancer did not demonstrate significant improvements to quality of life, researchers said it yielded valuable insights about how to optimize this intervention.

Older patients with rheumatic diseases are less to report “vigorous” levels of physical activity, compared with other age groups, which may lead to more lifestyle difficulties, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.