Dementia Clinical Care in Relation to COVID-19.

Purpose Of Review: This review discusses the complex relationship between COVID-19 and dementia and how the pandemic has affected the management of patients with dementia. This population resulted particularly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and its effects and also to the negative effects of the measures taken worldwide to control the spread of the virus.

Recent Findings: Patients with dementia were at increased risk for COVID-19 compared to patients without dementia, and diagnosis of dementia represents an independent risk factor for hospitalization in COVID-19 patients.

Research Attitudes and Interest Among Elderly Latinxs: The Impact of a Collaborative Video and Community Peers.

Background: Latinx elders are underrepresented in dementia research. In a previous study we assessed research attitudes in urban minority elders and found a significant minority expressed neutral to negative attitudes relating to trust, safety, and personal responsibility to help research.

Objective: To assess the impact of a composite intervention on attitudes toward research and research participation among elderly Latinx.

Delirium: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Older COVID-19 Patients.

The aim of the study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of a series of older patients consecutively admitted into a non-ICU ward due to SARS-CoV-2 infection (14, males 11), developing delirium. Hypokinetic delirium with lethargy and confusion was observed in 43% of cases (6/14 patients). A total of eight patients exhibited hyperkinetic delirium and 50% of these patients (4/8) died.

Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) score has the major impact on outcome prediction in elderly surgical patients with colorectal cancer: The FRAGIS study.

Background: This study aims (I) to evaluate whether the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) score is associated with postoperative outcomes and (II) to develop a prognostic model for individual complication-risk prediction following colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery.

Method: This is a prospective multicentric cohort study. Consecutive ≥75-year-old candidates for elective CRC surgery were enrolled from October 2017 to August 2019.

Social networks and health status in the elderly: the 'ANZIANI IN-RETE' population-based study.

Background: Certain features of the social environment could maintain and even improve not only psychological well-being, but also health and cognition of the elderly.

Aims: We tested the association between social network characteristics and the number of chronic diseases in the elderly.

Methods: A randomized sample of the elderly population of Brescia, Italy, was evaluated (N = 200, age ≥65 years).