Delirium superimposed on dementia in post-acute care: Nurse documentation of symptoms and interventions.

Delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD) is common in older adults being discharged to post-acute care settings (PAC). Nurse documentation remains poorly understood. Aims were to describe nurse documentation and to determine associations in a secondary data analysis of a large, single-blinded randomized controlled trial (Recreational Stimulation For Elders As A Vehicle To Resolve DSD (Reserve For DSD).

Mild Behavioral Impairment: A New At-Risk State for Alzheimer's Disease?

Improving our response to Alzheimer's disease (AD), including prevention and early intervention, is critical for maximizing healthy aging outcomes. Identifying older adults at highest risk for AD would provide an opportunity to offer support, plan for the future, and implement strategies to enhance cognitive and functional outcomes. The emergence of neuropsychiatric symptoms may be one indicator of early AD-related cognitive decline, but distinguishing symptoms from those due to other causes can be challenging.

Within-Person Associations Among Self-Perceptions of Memory, Depressive Symptoms, and Activity Participation in Older Adults.

Background And Objectives: Self-perceptions of memory problems may impact older adults' mood as well as their activity participation, thereby negatively affecting health and well-being. We examined within-person associations among self-reported memory, depressive symptoms, as well as physical, social, and cognitive activity participation in older adults without cognitive impairment.

Research Design And Methods: Samples were drawn from the Einstein Aging Study (EAS), National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), and Minority Aging Research Study (MARS), with over 8,000 participants (65+ years) included across data sets.

Longitudinal evaluation of perceived stress and memory complaints in the Einstein Aging Study.

Background: Perceived stress decreases memory performance and escalates the risk of developing cognitive impairment. Despite these concerning cognitive outcomes, longitudinal assessment of the relationship between perceived stress and memory complaints within a racially diverse sample remains scant.

Method: 391 cognitively intact older adults ( = 77.

Methods to Assess Social Comparison Processes Within Persons in Daily Life: A Scoping Review.

Self-evaluations relative to others (i.e., ) have well-established implications for health and well-being, and are typically assessed via global, retrospective self-report.

Sources of Response Bias in Cognitive Self-Report Items: "Which Memory Are You Talking About?".

Background And Objectives: Self-reported cognitive difficulties are common in the years before an Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis. Understanding how older adults interpret and respond to questions about their cognition is critical to recognize response biases that may limit the accuracy of cognitive self-reports in identifying AD risk. Cognitive interviewing is a systematic approach for examining sources of response bias that influence individuals' answers to specific questions.