A vaccine developed by University of New Mexico researchers has shown promise in preventing the formation of the tau tangles in the brain and someday potentially could prevent the cognitive decline typically seen in people with Alzheimer’s disease, they said.
Assisted living residents who receive services from home health agencies are more likely to have cognitive and activity of daily living impairments than people receiving home care in other settings, according to a study recently published in the journal Medical Care Research and Review.
Here’s information your residents and employees can use: Moderate-intensity exercise in the morning improves cognitive performance, such as decision-making, in older adults throughout the day compared with prolonged sitting without exercise, according to the results of a study of older Australians.
Staying active in old age may help memory and thinking, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Older people with type 2 diabetes may have more difficulties with thinking and memory, researchers have found. Those with this condition showed a steady decline over the course of a five-year study.
Two antipsychotic drugs commonly used to treat delirium did not benefit critically ill patients who took part in a recent clinical study funded by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.
Fourteen percent of adults aged 75 or more years have subjective cognitive decline, one of the earliest noticeable symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Maintaining good eyesight may help mitigate an age-related decline in cognition, according to a new study in JAMA Ophthalmology.
“Social frailty” has more of an impact on the onset of depression in older adults than does physical frailty or cognitive impairment, according to a study published in the June issue of JAMDA: the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Strong social connections could help preserve memory and improve quality of life for older adults, according to new research. The results suggest programming and marketing opportunities for senior living communities.
