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2. Doctors Say This Nighttime Behavior Can Be A Sign Of Dementia

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   But sundowning has some unique signs that make it stand out from just being tired. “Fatigue can occur at all times of the day. Sundowning is truly confusion,” Dr. Kobylarz says.

3. Sundowning - Wikipedia

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   Elderly people often experience multiple comorbidities that may contribute to the phenomenon of sundowning syndrome through neurodegeneration. Neurological disorders: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease , Huntington's disease , Lewy body dementia , fronto-temporal dementia, subcortical dementia.

4. Study identifies 11 strong predictors for dementia that may ...

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   The first study analysed cognition and dementia data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative survey of approximately 20,000 older U.S. adults and their households ...

5. It's Cold & Flu Season: Here's How to Tell if Your Senior ...

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   Seniors are generally at higher risk for complications and death from pneumonia due to weakened immune systems. However, risk factors vary from person to person. If you suspect your elderly loved ...

6. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   Dementia affects 5% of the population older than 65 and 20–40% of those older than 85. [270] Rates are slightly higher in women than men at ages 65 and greater. [ 270 ] The disease trajectory is varied and the median time from diagnosis to death depends strongly on age at diagnosis, from 6.7 years for people diagnosed aged 60–69 to 1.9 ...

7. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   It most often begins in people over 65 years of age, although up to 10% of cases are early-onset impacting those in their 30s to mid-60s. [27] [4] It affects about 6% of people 65 years and older, [16] and women more often than men. [28] The disease is named after German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in ...

8. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frailty is a common and clinically significant grouping of symptoms that occurs in aging and older adults. These symptoms can include decreased physical abilities such as walking, excessive fatigue, and weight and muscle loss leading to declined physical status.

9. RSV Vaccine Side Effects in Older Adults: What’s Normal and ...

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   New RSV vaccines are now available to help prevent serious infection in people over 60. Doctors explain the RSV vaccine and its side effects in older adults. ... M.D., is a senior scholar at the ...