There is an increasing interest in information on the effectiveness of cognitive training interventions to improve memory in normal and mildly cognitively impaired older adults (60 years and older).

Consider the assessment of medical, mental, functional, and social geriatric domains in older adults to provide a framework to determine targets and theutic approaches for diabetes management. C Screening for geriatric syndromes may be appropriate in older adults experiencing limitations in

INTRODUCTION — The population of older adults (age 65 and older) is growing, with numbers of the frailest, most pain-ridden, and oldest (persons 85 years and over) increasing the most rapidly.

What is the epidemiology and pathogenesis of diabetes in older adults? According to the most recent surveillance data, the prevalence of diabetes among U.S. adults aged ≥65 years varies from 22 to 33%, depending on the diagnostic criteria used.

504 Hong Kong Med J ⎥ Volume 20 Number 6 ⎥ December 2014 ⎥ www.hkmj.org A B S T R A C T Objective: To validate the Hong Kong version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) in

Assessing Pain in the Nonverbal or Cognitively Impaired 3rd Ed, 9/09 ADULTS The most accurate and reliable evidence of the presence and intensity of …

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This guide examines whether psychological interventions can be expected to work with older adults and if they work, are adaptations from work with er adults necessary.

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Should patients’ cognitive function be weighed in the allocation of organs? This debate raises important questions, from the ethics of making judgments regarding others’ quality of life to the science of cognitive impairment’s effect on post-transplantation survival.