RECOGNITION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN OLDER ADULTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE

Prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure.

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure (HF). DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of the 2004 wave of the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study linked to 2002 to 2004 Medicare administrative claims. SETTING United States, community. PARTICIPANTS Six thousand one hundred eighty-nine individuals aged 67 and older. MEASU...

Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment can be considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal cognitive aging and mild dementia. Elderly people with this impairment represent an at-risk group for the development of dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and ...

Medication self-management skills and cognitive impairment in older adults hospitalized for heart failure: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent among older adults (aged ≥65 years) hospitalized for heart failure and has been associated with poor outcomes. Poor medication self-management skills have been associated with poor outcomes in this population as well. The presence and extent of an association between cognitive impairment and poor medication self-management skills in this popul...

prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults

introduction: mild cognitive impairment can be considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal cognitive aging and mild dementia. elderly people with this impairment represent an at-risk group for the development of dementia. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults by mini-mental state examination (mmse) and ...

Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults.