ReviewThe Medical clinics of North America2015
Evaluation and management of the elderly patient presenting with cognitive complaints.
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- The impact of dementia and language on hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort of long-term care residents.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Peptic ulcer does not increase the risk of dementia: A nested case control study using a national sample cohort.Medicine · 2020Observational
- EQ-5D-3L for Assessing Quality of Life in Older Nursing Home Residents with Cognitive Impairment.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Cholesterol and Dementia: A Long and Complicated Relationship.Current aging science · 2020Review
- Long-term exposure to air pollution and hospitalization for dementia in the Rome longitudinal study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of a muticomponent workout program integrated in an evidence based multimodal program in hyperfrail elderly patients: POWERAGING randomized clinical trial protocol.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
- Memory complaints, dementia, and neuropathology in older blacks and whites.Annals of neurology · 2018Article
- Regulatory role of microRNA-30b and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in the pathogenesis of cognitive impairment.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- Aging in two languages: Implications for public health.Ageing research reviews · 2016Review
- The Oldest Old in the Emergency Department: Impact of Renal Function.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2016Article
- Current Development in Elderly Comprehensive Assessment and Research Methods.BioMed research international · 2016Review
- Group Intensive Cognitive Activation in Patients with Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2016Article
- Dementia: What pharmacists need to know.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPCArticle
- Health Care Utilization Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries With Coexisting Dementia and Cancer.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
Cognitive complaints are common in the geriatric population. Older adults should routinely be asked about any concerns about their memory or thinking, and any cognitive complaint from the patient or an informant should be evaluated rather than be attributed to aging. Several screening instruments are available to document objective impairments and guide further evaluation. Management goals for patients with cognitive impairment are focused on maintaining function and independence, providing caregiver support, and advance care planning. There are currently no treatments to effectively prevent or treat dementia. Increasing appreciation of the heterogeneity of Alzheimer disease may lead to novel treatment approaches.
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