“While we have made tremendous progress in improving care for people with dementia through the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, people living with dementia and their caregivers too often struggle to manage their healthcare and connect with key supports that can all...
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Moreover, in our article we not only investigated the association of plasma amyloid and CSF amyloid, but showed that low plasma amyloid levels are related to a higher risk of subsequent clinical disease progression to mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Investigating two types of statistical ...
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We repeated analyses in those with frailty (defined as FI ≥0.25) and with possible or probable dementia. All analyses were conducted using Stata statistical software version 15.0 (StataCorp), accounting for the complex sampling design, and were weighted to reflect national estimates.23 Analyses ...
Incident Dementia Diagnosis Among Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) Beneficiaries View LargeDownload Supplement 1. eTable. ICD Codes Supplement 2. Data Sharing Statement 1. Festa N, Price M, Weiss M, et al. Evaluating the accuracy of Medicare risk adjustment for ...
“Sometimes it’s difficult to tease out what’s happening with a person when they present with different symptoms that could be related to depression, other chronic conditions, the use of substances, or to early dementia. Knowing how to ask the right questions and use the right diagnostic too...
Mutations in more than a dozen genes have been found to cause familial ALS. Among these, the most common gene related to ALS is “chromosome 9 open reading frame 72,” orC9ORF72. This same gene has also been linked tofrontotemporal dementia(FTD). ...
GAPNA Participates in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Initiative to Reduce Antipsycnotic Use for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia GAPNA Participates in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Initiative to Reduce Antipsycnotic Use for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia....
caregivers, but the trends we identified also raise the possibility of unequal access and disparities in quality of care. It's clear from our study that improvements are needed in all phases of care to enhance care management for people with dementia and reduce disparities for disadvantaged ...