Cognitive Change at the End of Life in Nursing Home Residents: Differential Trajectories of Terminal Decline
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DOI: 10.1159/000490614
Abstract: Background: Research on terminal decline has widely documented that cognitive performance steeply declines with nearing death. To date, it is unclear whether these changes are normative, based on pathologies associated with (preclinical) dementia, or both.… read more here.
Keywords: death; change; cognitive change; nursing ... See more keywords
Proportion of cognitive loss attributable to terminal decline
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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008671
Abstract: Objective To estimate the proportion of late-life cognitive loss attributable to impending death. Methods Older persons (n = 1,071) in a longitudinal cohort study without dementia at enrollment underwent annual cognitive assessments (mean 10.6 years,… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive loss; terminal decline; attributable terminal; loss ... See more keywords