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Deprescribing is often done with people who have multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity), older people, and people who have a limited life expectancy. [5] In all of these situations, certain medications may contribute to an increased risk of adverse events, and people may benefit from a reduction in the amount of medication taken.
For people with a life-shortening or terminal illness, such as a dementia, it is important to consider when to discontinue medications used to prevent future serious events. The Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia provides guidance for clinicians and consumers on how to manage medications. [7]
Researchers examined all studies between 1984 and 2024 which reported on survival or nursing home admission for people with dementia. A total of 235 studies reported on survival among more than 5. ...
The hallmark symptom of LATE is a progressive memory loss that predominantly affects short-term and episodic memory. [1] This impairment is often severe enough to interfere with daily functioning and usually remains the chief neurologic deficit, unlike other types of dementia in which non-memory cognitive domains and behavioral changes might be noted earlier or more prominently. [1]
“Findings like these should prompt more cautious and informed discussions between doctors and patients, especially those at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease or other memory-related conditions ...
Sacks et al. (2005) reported the case of a 72-year-old man, described as professionally successful, intelligent, and cultivated, with polymyalgia rheumatica, who after being treated with prednisone developed a psychosis and dementia, which several behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry consultants initially diagnosed as early dementia or ...
Inside Wendy Williams' Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnosis: Her Life Expectancy and Signs She Was Struggling
The normal life expectancy for 60 to 70 years old is 23 to 15 years; for 90 years old it is 4.5 years. [227] Following AD diagnosis it ranges from 7 to 10 years for those in their 60s and early 70s (a loss of 13 to 8 years), to only about 3 years or less (a loss of 1.5 years) for those in their 90s.