Longitudinal differences in everyday preferences: Comparisons between people with cognitive impairment and their care partners.

Objectives: Persons with progressive cognitive impairment (CI) increasingly rely on surrogate decision-makers for everyday activities. Yet, little is known about changes in everyday preferences over time or about concordance between persons with CI and their care partners regarding longitudinal changes.

Methods: The sample included 48 dyads of persons with CI (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale score ≥0.

Predictors of the importance of everyday preferences for older adults with cognitive impairment.

Objectives: Among older people with cognitive impairment and mild dementia, relatively little is known about the factors that predict preferences for everyday living activities and experiences and that influence the relative importance of those activities and experiences.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Participants were recruited from the Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (MADRC) Clinical Core longitudinal cohort.

Differences in Assessment of Everyday Preferences Between People With Cognitive Impairment and Their Care Partners: The Role of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms.

Objective: As cognitive impairment progresses, people with dementia increasingly rely on surrogate decision-makers for everyday activities. Yet, little is known about concordance on everyday preferences between persons with cognitive impairment and their care partners.

Methods: The sample included 69 dyads of persons with cognitive impairment (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale ≥0.