... < 0.001), ADL ( p < 0.001), IADL ( p < 0.001), total body weight ( p < 0.05), BMI ( p < 0.05), calf circumference ( p < 0.001), WC ( p = 0.001), handgrip strength (HGS) ( p < 0.001), frailty ( p < 0.001), and polypharmacy ( p < 0.05). Elderly Comprehensive geriatric...

.... Dementia Therapeutic touch Alzheimer’s therapy Elderly Responsive behaviors In 2015, more than 47 million individuals lived with dementia. That number is projected to double every 20 years in the future [1]. An estimated 90% of individuals with dementia experience various behavioral symptoms...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Aging research Dementia and neuropsychology Elderly Geriatrics Research Article Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2021;50:529 534 DOI: 10.1159/000520693 Received: February 22, 2021 Accepted: November 2, 2021 Published online: December...

.... Depression Elderly Cognition Dementia Comorbidity The prevalence of depression increases from 5 to 10–20% when it occurs in the ageing population (from 60 to 65 years old) [1]. In addition, elderly individuals are more vulnerable to the damaging effects of depression [2, 3], threatening...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Elderly Mild cognitive impairment...

... of Montreal Cognitive Assessment Brazilian Version (MoCA-BR) in the elderly, as well as comparing its accuracy as a tracking test for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with the accuracy of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Method: A transversal study was performed in 4...

... of gait speed and gait variability, an index of how much gait parameters, such as step time, fluctuate step-to-step, with risk of cognitive decline in cognitively normal elderly individuals. While high gait variability is emerging as an early indicator of dementing illnesses, there is little research...

...: The Cuban ACE-R was administered to a group of 129 elderly subjects (92 cognitively healthy and 37 subjects with MCI). The t tests for independent samples were used to compare scores of different psychometric scales between groups, and effect sizes (Cohen’s d ) were calculated. Cronbach’s coefficient α...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Depression Elderly Dementia...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dementia Individualized interaction Behavior Quality of life Elderly...

...N. Martínez Velilla; Cristina Alonso Bouzon; Koldo Cambra Contin; Berta Ibáñez Beroiz; Álvaro Casas Herrero; Javier Alonso Renedo Background: Subsyndromal delirium has an increasing relevance in the medical literature. There are only three studies in hospitalized elderly patients. Our goal...

... status. Methods: This is the first report of our Study on Aging and Dementia in Mexico. This study included 2,944 elderly individuals 60 years old or more with in-home assessment for cognitive impairment. The prevalence of MCI was based on Petersen criteria. MCI was classified as amnestic of single...

... on a numerical rating scale (NRS), and to provide a categorical version of the PAINAD scale comparable with the verbal descriptor scale of the NRS. Methods: Six hundred elderly patients with various degrees of cognitive impairment consecutively admitted to the acute geriatric section at Padua University were...

... usefulness in discriminating cognitively normal subjects from patients with mild dementia in an elderly population. Methods: The ACE-R was translated and adapted into Italian. The Italian ACE-R was administered to a group of 179 elderly subjects (72 cognitively healthy and 107 subjects with mild dementia...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acetylcholine Anticholinergic scale Cognition Elderly Medications Memory The cholinergic system plays a major...

... (PS-DHA) in non-demented elderly with memory complaints. Methods: 157 participants were randomized to receive either PS-DHA or placebo for 15 weeks. Efficacy measures, assessed at baseline and endpoint, included the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Rey Complex Figure Test, and a computerized...

...Cristiane Lara Mendes-Chiloff; Albina Rodrigues Torres; Maria Cristina Pereira Lima; Ana Teresa de Abreu Ramos-Cerqueira Aims: To estimate the prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment (CI) among the elderly in a general hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study, including 200 Brazilian...

...José C. Millán-Calenti; Javier Tubío; Salvador Pita-Fernández; Isabel González-Abraldes; Trinidad Lorenzo; Ana Maseda Aims: To examine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in a Spanish elderly population and to analyse its association with some social and medical factors. Methods: We randomly...

... is controversial. The aim of the study was to evaluate the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) as a predictor of longitudinal changes in cognitive function in older individuals. Methods: We evaluated the cognitive function in elderly people with high (AS(+)) and low (AS(–)) values of CAVI each year over 4 years...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Delusions Psychosis Elderly Dementia Alzheimer\s disease Function Activities of daily living, independent Review...