Not sure as to how "new" the research is that supports claims in this article from Kaiser Health News. I do appreciate the glass-two-thirds-full view of cognition issues among the elderly population. Re: bolded text below, not a great selling point for those in the LTC insurance industry!
"New research about “cognitive life expectancy” — how long older adults live with good versus declining brain health — shows that after age 65 men and women spend more than a dozen years in good cognitive health, on average. And, over the past decade, that time span has been expanding.
Recent research finds that:
Most seniors don’t have cognitive impairment or dementia. Of Americans 65 and older, about 20 to 25 percent have mild cognitive impairment while about 10 percent have dementia, according to Dr. Kenneth Langa, an expert in the demography of aging and a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. Risks rise with advanced age, and the portion of the population affected is significantly higher for people over 85."
https://khn.org/news/now-more-of-us-can-count-on-more-time-dodging-the-dementia-bullet/
"New research about “cognitive life expectancy” — how long older adults live with good versus declining brain health — shows that after age 65 men and women spend more than a dozen years in good cognitive health, on average. And, over the past decade, that time span has been expanding.
Recent research finds that:
Most seniors don’t have cognitive impairment or dementia. Of Americans 65 and older, about 20 to 25 percent have mild cognitive impairment while about 10 percent have dementia, according to Dr. Kenneth Langa, an expert in the demography of aging and a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. Risks rise with advanced age, and the portion of the population affected is significantly higher for people over 85."
https://khn.org/news/now-more-of-us-can-count-on-more-time-dodging-the-dementia-bullet/
