A cohort study found that 14.3% of Medicare beneficiaries with dementia were prescribed three or more medications affecting the central nervous system (CNS), often by a single primary care clinician.

Only 37% of patients who died within 30 days of discharge from an influenza hospitalization had flu listed as a cause of death and this was less likely the longer the time between hospitalization and death, indicating that the link may be underappreciated, according to a recent study.

Older adults with poor sleep were more likely to develop motoric cognitive risk syndrome, a predementia syndrome characterized by slow gait speed and cognitive symptoms, with depression appearing to explain some of the association.