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This study is the first to compare the feasibility of multi-domain interventions adapted to local culture with the FINGER interventions. The findings will be utilized for a larger study to provide evidence for the efficacy of multi-domain lifestyle interventions in preventing cognitive decline.
The interaction between delirium and dementia is complex. We examined if Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers in patients without clinical dementia are associated with increased risk of postoperative delirium, and whether AD biomarkers demonstrate a graded association with delirium severity.

Participants (
=59) were free of clinical dementia, age


≥

70 years, and scheduled for elective total knee or hip arthroplasties. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was collected at the time of induction for spinal anesthesia. CSF AD biomarkers were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (ADX/Euroimmun); cut points for amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration (ATN) biomarker status were
=amyloid beta (Aβ)
<175 pg/mL or Aβ
ratio<0.07;
=p-tau>80 pg/mL; and
=t-tau>700 pg/mL. Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and CAM-Severity (CAM-S) were rated daily post-operatively for delirium and delirium severity, respectively.

Aβ
, tau, and p-tau mean pg/mL (SD) were 361.5 (326.1), 618.3 (237.1)ng delirium severity. Future studies are needed to confirm this relationship and to better understand the role of AD biomarkers, even in pre-clinical phase, in delirium.
The presence of AD biomarkers adds important information in predicting delirium severity. Future studies are needed to confirm this relationship and to better understand the role of AD biomarkers, even in pre-clinical phase, in delirium.
The increasing number of people with dementia (PwD) is a significant health and financial challenge for countries. PwD often transition to a care home. This study explored factors predicting transition to care homes for PwD and the place and causes of death.

Data about dementia medication, care home transitions, demographic characteristics, deaths, and hospital admissions were extracted from national databases from 2010 to 2016.

PwD (n=25,418) were identified through prescriptions of dementia medication, from which 11,930 transitioned to care homes. A logistic regression showed that increased age, female sex, living in less deprived and urban areas, and hospital admissions predicted this transition. PwD who transition to care homes are more likely to die there. The most common cause of death was dementia.

Certain demographic characteristics are significant predictors for care home transitions and they should be considered in the development of early community-based care services to delay transitions. In the last decades, dementia has been reported more frequently in death certificates.
Certain demographic characteristics are significant predictors for care home transitions and they should be considered in the development of early community-based care services to delay transitions. In the last decades, dementia has been reported more frequently in death certificates.
People with Down syndrome (DS) are particularly susceptible to Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to the triplication of the amyloid precursor protein (
) gene. In this cross-sectional study, we hypothesized that choroidal thinning reported in sporadic AD (sAD) is mirrored in adults with DS.

The posterior pole of the eye for 24 adults with DS and 16 age-matched controls (Ctrl) were imaged with optical coherence tomography. Choroidal thickness (ChT) was measured and analyzed in relation to cognitive status and cerebral amyloid beta (Aβ) load.

ChT was increased in people with DS (pwDS) compared to Ctrl. CHS828 This increase was associated with gender differences and positively correlated with cerebral Aβ load in a small subset. There was no significant correlation detected between ChT and age or cognitive status.

In contrast to sAD this study found a significantly thicker choroid in pwDS. Whether these changes are related to Aβ pathology in DS needs further investigation.
In contrast to sAD this study found a significantly thicker choroid in pwDS. Whether these changes are related to Aβ pathology in DS needs further investigation.
The neuropsychiatric syndrome mild behavioral impairment (MBI) describes an at-risk state for dementia and may be a useful screening tool for sample enrichment. We hypothesized that stratifying a cognitively normal sample on MBI status would enhance the association between genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognition.

Data from 4458 participants over age 50 without dementia was analyzed. A cognitive composite score was constructed and the MBI Checklist was used to stratify those with MBI and those without. Polygenic scores for AD were generated using summary statistics from the IGAP study.

AD genetic risk was associated with worse cognition in the MBI group but not in the no MBI group (MBI β=-0.09, 95% confidence interval -0.13 to -0.03,
=0.002,
=0.003). The strongest association was in those with more severe MBI aged ≥65.

MBI is an important feature of aging; screening on MBI may be a useful sample enrichment strategy for clinical research.
MBI is an important feature of aging; screening on MBI may be a useful sample enrichment strategy for clinical research.
The approval of a disease-modifying Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment could provide relief to US state budgets that were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as mostly Medicare would cover treatment cost, whereas Medicaid would see savings from reduced nursing home use.

We project savings from 2021 to 2040 with a simulation model from the perspective of state Medicaid programs.

Assuming a 40% and 22% relative reduction of disease progression rates with treatment, Medicaid would avoid payments of $186.2 and $93.5 billion for around 1.11 and 0.57 million nursing home patient-years, respectively. The savings correspond to a 5.06% and 2.49%, respectively, relative reduction of Medicaid spending on nursing home care. Higher per capita savings were projected for older states, those with higher Medicaid payment rates, those with more nursing home residents covered by Medicaid, and those with a lower federal contribution.

States stand to realize substantial savings from a potential AD treatment. A state's health system preparedness to handle the large number of patients will influence the actual magnitude of the savings and how fast they will accrue.
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