Cognitive Aging In The Oldest Old: Resilience And Risk Revealed

Claudia H. Kawas, M.D., addresses Alzheimer's disease and related conditions in older adults, noting the challenge of accurate diagnosis and the resemblance of other brain conditions to Alzheimer's. She introduces "resistance" and "resilience," explaining how some individuals remain cognitively intact despite brain changes. Kawas suggests declining dementia risk due to improved vascular health management, emphasizing the complexity of cognitive decline and the need for further research. [4/2024] [Show ID: 39532]
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Fascinating beginning for investigations into the largest elderly population in American history that will have to soon be treated with limited resources. Glad to see that cholesterol is protective as that is my personal challenge. 😁

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Thank you for sharing on UA-cam. My parents are 90 and 93 with cognitive changes. This is such an important topic. I wonder if long term COVID will be an attributable risk for individuals studied in the future.

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An introduction of Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) a proposed nascent diagnosis type of dementia that does not fit Alzheimer's Disease for subjects over 90 y.o.