Impact of dementia: Health disparities, population trends, care interventions, and economic costs

MP Aranda, IN Kremer, L Hinton… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The dementia experience is not a monolithic phenomenon—and while core
elements of dementia are considered universal—people living with dementia experience the …

Lessons Learned from Approval of Aducanumab for Alzheimer's Disease

JL Heidebrink, HL Paulson - Annual Review of Medicine, 2024 - annualreviews.org
When the US Food and Drug Administration used the accelerated approval process to
authorize the use of the antiamyloid drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Blood biomarkers to detect Alzheimer disease in primary care and secondary care

S Palmqvist, P Tideman, N Mattsson-Carlgren… - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An accurate blood test for Alzheimer disease (AD) could streamline the
diagnostic workup and treatment of AD. Objective To prospectively evaluate a clinically …

Racial and ethnic differences in amyloid PET positivity in individuals with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: a secondary analysis of the Imaging Dementia …

CH Wilkins, CC Windon, P Dilworth-Anderson… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Racial and ethnic groups with higher rates of clinical Alzheimer disease (AD) are
underrepresented in studies of AD biomarkers, including amyloid positron emission …

Assessment of racial/ethnic disparities in timeliness and comprehensiveness of dementia diagnosis in California

E Tsoy, RE Kiekhofer, EL Guterman, BL Tee… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US aging population is rapidly becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse. Early diagnosis of dementia is a health care priority. Objective To examine the …

Dementia diagnosis disparities by race and ethnicity

PJ Lin, AT Daly, N Olchanski, JT Cohen… - Medical care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Dementia is often underdiagnosed and this problem is more common among
some ethnoracial groups. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine racial and …

Risk of suicide after dementia diagnosis

D Alothman, T Card, S Lewis, E Tyrrell… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients with dementia may be at an increased suicide risk. Identifying groups at
greatest risk of suicide would support targeted risk reduction efforts by clinical dementia …

Donanemab for Alzheimer disease—who benefits and who is harmed?

JJ Manly, KD Deters - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Availability of safe and effective treatmentsfor Alzheimer disease is an urgent challenge
given the global shift toward an older population and increased risk of mild cognitive …

Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults

T Schmutte, M Olfson, DT Maust, M **e… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) can
be a pivotal and stressful period. We examined the risk of suicide in the first year after ADRD …

Primary care pracitioner perspectives on the role of primary care in Dementia diagnosis and care

AB Sideman, M Ma, AH de Jesus… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although the barriers to dementia care in primary care are well characterized,
primary care practitioner (PCP) perspectives could be used to support the design of values …