Institute Talk: A Conversation With Vince Mor on Alzheimer’s Care and the State of Nursing Homes
Published: | 5:27 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
Vincent Mor is a leading academic expert on eldercare issues and a national authority on research related to nursing homes. The Brown University professor has been principal investigator in more than 40 grants funded by the National Institutes of Health that focus on the use of health services and the outcomes experienced by frail and […]
Improving Care Through Public Policy
Published: | 7:47 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
Without the development of a disease-modifying biomedical therapy, the number of people aged 65 years and older with Alzheimer’s dementia may nearly triple, from 5.5 million to a projected 13.8 million, by 2050 (Alzheimer’s Association, 2017). It is imperative that society be able to care for them. The practices featured throughout this supplement are just […]
Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations
Published: | 7:45 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease and the most common cause of dementia. Dementia is a syndrome—a group of symptoms—that has a number of causes. The characteristic symptoms include difficulties with memory, language, problem solving, and other cognitive skills that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2017 Alzheimer’s […]
Time for a New Strategy in the War on Alzheimer’s Disease
Published: | 4:17 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
Policy makers, public officials, and researchers alike are fond of “declaring war” on diseases. The wisdom of this “one disease at a time” approach, however, is questionable. Consider, for instance, the war on cancer. At the time it was declared by Richard Nixon in 1971, cancer was the second leading cause of death in the […]
50 Years of Cognitive Aging Theory
Published: | 6:31 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
This special edition commemorates the roughly 50 years of theoretical work on cognitive aging. As an Introduction to this issue, we first briefly review cognitive aging efforts prior to the mid-1960s, then describe the mid-1960s as a pivotal point for cognitive aging theory, and finally comment on how the field has evolved since then. Cognitive Aging […]
The Disproportionate Impact Of Dementia On Family And Unpaid Caregiving To Older Adults
Published: | 8:45 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
The number of US adults ages sixty-five and older who are living with dementia is substantial and expected to grow, raising concerns about the demands that will be placed on family members and other unpaid caregivers. We used data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study and its companion study, the National Study […]
US Prevalence And Predictors Of Informal Caregiving For Dementia
Published: | 8:44 pm | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care
In 2010, 5.5 million US adults ages seventy and older received informal care, including 3.6 million with cognitive impairment or probable dementia. Adults with probable dementia received 171 hours of monthly informal care, versus 89 hours for cognitively impaired adults without dementia and 66 hours for cognitively normal adults Dementia, defined as a cognitive decline severe enough […]
The Impact Of Social Security Income On Cognitive Function At Older Ages
Published: | 7:05 am | Posted in: Alzheimer's Disease: Cure & Care, Social Security
Prior literature has documented a positive association between income and cognitive function at older ages, however, the extent to which this association represents causal effects is unknown. In this study, we use an exogenous change in Social Security income due to amendments to the Social Security Act in the 1970s to identify the causal impact […]