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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia, a group of diseases involving progressive neurodegeneration of the central nervous system. [11] It is one of the two Lewy body dementias, along with Parkinson's disease dementia. [12] Dementia with Lewy bodies can be classified in other ways.
Estimates of the age of family or informal caregivers who are women range from 59% to 75%. The average caregiver is age 46, female, married and worked outside the home earning an annual income of $35,000. Although men also provide assistance, female caregivers may spend as much as 50% more time providing care than male caregivers." [14]
The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) is a brief neuropsychological assessment used to assess the severity of cognitive symptoms of dementia. It is one of the most widely used cognitive scales in clinical trials [ 1 ] and is considered to be the “gold standard” for assessing antidementia treatments.
serious mental illnesses in the elderly, such as psychosis w/o dementia, schizophrenia, psychosis associated with Parkinson's Disease and others. Many elderly are placed in nursing homes and other extended care facilities due to their psychotic illnesses and/or associated behavioral disorders so these facilities and the clinicians that deliver care
[12] In a study by Ihle-Hansen et al. (2017), of 3,413 Norwegian participants aged 63–65, of whom 47% had higher education (over 12 years), under 5% of subjects scored 30/30 with a mean MoCA score of 25.3 and 49% scoring below the suggested cut-off of 26 points, leading the authors to suggest that "the cut-off score may have been set too high ...
Tomiko Itooka, who became the world's oldest living person, died last week at age 116. Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas is now the new world's oldest person.
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) -The Biden administration is concerned that a weakened Iran could build a nuclear weapon, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, adding that ...
President-elect Donald Trump announced several administration picks Saturday who share one thing in common: they all served in his first administration.