Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 03/25/2014 08:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final Recommendation Statement on screening for cognitive impairment in older adults. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please go tohttp://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf14/dementia/dementiafinalrs.htm. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation in plain language is also available. The final Recommendation Statement can also be found in the March 25 online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.