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Dementia is common in older adults, and persons with dementia (PWD) have 2 times higher incidence and 2–5 times higher risk of death from COVID-19 compared to older adults without… Click to show full abstract
Dementia is common in older adults, and persons with dementia (PWD) have 2 times higher incidence and 2–5 times higher risk of death from COVID-19 compared to older adults without dementia.1–3 Given the established disease burden associated with COVID-19 in PWD, there is an urgent need to better understand other key outcomes, like cognitive and physical debility following severe COVID-19, to inform strategies that enhance management and recovery from COVID-19 in PWD. The current study compared acute delirium incidence, length of hospital stay, and weight loss outcomes between PWD and older adults without dementia who were hospitalized with COVID-19. We hypothesized that PWD have higher rates of poor outcomes during and after COVID-19 hospitalization.
Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2022
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