Diagnostic testing and treatment are determined based on ability to improve disease process or quality of life/goals of care.

Understanding the association between PTSD and dementia helps clinicians understand how a patient’s trauma and mental health history may affect their dementia course, behaviors, and treatment.

Injury preventive measures and definitions of cognitive disorders. 

Mentation is one of the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly healthcare system.

Older adults may have fewer options for transportation to medical appointments. Telemedicine (telephone or audio-visual communication) can improve patient health, lower healthcare costs, reduce wait times, reach a broader geographic region, and limit unnecessary exposures of patients to infection.

“Caregiver burden” is a multifaceted concept that encompasses the physical, psychological, social, and financial strain experienced when caring for a loved one over time.¹

Humans are social beings and connections to others are vital to our health and well-being. Social isolation (i.e., the objective absence or paucity of social interactions with others) is a social determinant of health which is related to, but distinct from, the concept of loneliness (i.e., the subjective distressing feeling of being socially isolated).^1,2

Good communication with older adults and their caregivers is important to delivering high quality care.

Depression in older adults, even major depression, is treatable. 

Identify and define inappropriate sexual behavior (ISB) in the context of a patient with dementia.