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P3‐623: NO RESIDENT LEFT BEHIND: MEETING NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE
Author(s) -
Blough Rachelle
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1990
Subject(s) - documentation , process (computing) , nursing homes , quality (philosophy) , nursing , psychology , dementia , work (physics) , long term care , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , programming language , operating system
weight individuals, obese participants had lower scores in all cognitive domains, whereas overweight participants had lower scores on memory, executive functioning, language, and overall composite score. After adjustment for age, sex and education, only executive functioning performancewas lower in obese (p1⁄40.02) and overweight participants (p1⁄40.05) as compared with the normal weight group. Conclusions: Overweight and obesity status are associated with reduced executive functioning in this group of cognitively healthy older adults. Due to the cross-sectional design of our study, we cannot suggest causal relationships. Longitudinal studies to clarify the direction of the association and neuroimaging investigations are needed to clarify the possible underlying dynamics between obesity and cognitive performance.