How do you take care of cognitive health?
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Open access•Journal Article 11 Citations | Treatments to improve cognitive function could reduce adverse health outcomes by improving adherence to self care in elderly with HF. |
Open access•Book 12 Aug 2015 217 Citations | Cognitive Aging offers clear steps that individuals, families, communities, health care providers and systems, financial organizations, community groups, public health agencies, and others can take to promote cognitive health and to help older adults live fuller and more independent lives. |
12 Citations | An understanding of such disease-specific cognitive profiles can assist nurses in providing care to patients by knowing what cognitive deficits are associated with each disease and how these cognitive deficits impact everyday functioning and social interactions. |
| Cognitive impairment, while common in hospitalized elders, is under-recognized, impacts care, and increases risk for adverse health outcomes. | |
54 Citations | By virtue of their extensive knowledge base and specialized training in brain-behavior relationships, neuropsychologists are especially poised to execute a unique broad-based approach to overall cognitive wellness and should be viewed as primary care providers of cognitive health. |
| This suggests that health education promoting cognitive health should focus on memory, but should also educate the public about the importance of maintaining all aspects of cognitive health. | |
107 Citations | In addition, models of cognitive aging are useful in guiding the development of interventions that improve health care in older patients and in furthering our understanding of cognitive dysfunction in populations other than older adults. |
| Raising awareness for cognitive medicine as a clinical topic would also highlight the importance of specialized health care units for an integrative approach to the treatment of cognitive dysfunctions. | |
06 Sep 2019 37 Citations | These approaches have great potential for affecting how the health care system monitors and screens for cognitive changes in the aging population. |
| Hence, opportunistic screening for cognitive dysfunction needs to be done at the primary health-care level. |