Millions of older Americans may be unaware they have memory and thinking impairments - mostly because their doctors aren't diagnosing them, new research suggests. After analyzing Medicare data covering 40 million older Americans, researchers found that only a small...
Millions of older Americans may be unaware they have memory and thinking impairments — mostly because their doctors aren't diagnosing them, new research suggests.
MCI may turn up as forgotten appointments, regularly misplacing things, trouble following the plot of a book or movie, or difficulty navigating well-known places. Those causes run the gamut, Saxena said — including medication side effects, low thyroid hormone, depression, untreated sleep apnea, uncontrolled health conditions like diabetes, mobility limitations and social isolation.
Based on patient demographics, the researchers predicted about 8 million cases of MCI in the study group. The low detection rate meant that about 7.4 million of those cases went undiagnosed.The findings were published Oct. 24 in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. "More needs to be done to support primary care doctors, by providing the information, tools and resources to increase early and accurate diagnosis," Edelmayer said.
The recent availability of those medications adds another layer to the MCI detection issue. The drugs, and others under development, are for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's, Edelmayer said. So early detection is "critical," she said.
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