Posts tagged cognitive decline
A New Piece of Evidence on the Relationships of Sleep, Cognition and Later Life Disabilities

Healthy aging has become a pressing concept due to the current increase in life expectancy around the world. However, this trend initiates more disabilities, risk of diseases, and dementia affecting quality of life of aging demographics. Functional ability, the capacity to perform activities of daily living, is one of the key indicators of quality of life and studying the predictors impacting functional abilities is crucial.

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Subjective, but very much real, cognitive decline in older adults

People with subjective cognitive decline are twice more likely to develop dementia compared to those who do not experience cognitive decline. A better understanding of their early, subtle, functional decline will support dementia prevention efforts, because dementia is characterized by decline in both cognitive abilities and everyday functioning.

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