Executive dyscontrol: an important factor affecting the level of care received by older retirees
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Researchers conducted a study to examine the effectiveness of a number of prescribed medications, Control Function, general cognition, mood, problem behavior, physical disability, demographic variables, and others. They gathered 107 older retirees with a mean age of 83.7 years old. They also studied tests of the Executive Interview, general cognition, mood, problem behavior, physical disability, and others. Researchers concluded that cognitive impairment contributes most to the observed variance in level of care received by older retirees.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Executive control mediates memory's association with change in instrumental activities of daily living: the freedom house study
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A study concluding that amnestic mild cognitive impairment can result in dementia only after a subsequent development of executive control function impairment is presented. The study is important from the perspective of Alzheimer's disease research.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Declining executive control in normal aging predicts change in functional status: the freedom house study
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The contribution of executive control function (ECF) to functional status is studied. The results reveal that ECF is a significant and independent correlate of functional status in normal aging.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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