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Medicare spending was higher for adults with a formal clinical diagnosis of dementia versus a positive screening for cognitive impairment.
Worldwide, an estimated 3.9 million people aged 30 to 64 years are living with young-onset dementia.
Divorce/separation was less likely at later stages of dementia and more likely with more severe neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms.
Risks increased for stroke, venous thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia and acute kidney injury.
A mortality prediction may help guide treatment and advance care planning for community-dwelling older adults with dementia.
The association was independent of Aβ and tau and accounted for 10% of the variance in cognitive decline.
In a randomized, double-blind trial, no difference was seen in scores for agitated behaviors at 12 weeks with mirtazapine versus placebo.
However, after diagnosis, BMI declines at the same pace in people who develop or do not develop dementia.
Only about one in five has had such screening in the past year, however.
A high false-positive rate was seen when used in primary care with a diverse patient population.