Doctors should test seniors for cognitive decline, but it’s a touchy topic.
Older adults regularly have EKGs, mammograms and colonoscopies, but not even a fifth of seniors receive regular cognitive assessments, according to a recent Alzheimer’s Association survey.
The reason so few older Americans are being tested? They think their doctors should be the ones to bring it up, whereas physicians say they wait on their patients to discuss it. Almost all seniors said they trust their doctors to recommend testing for thinking or memory issues, while more than half of physicians say that isn’t standard protocol for patients 65 and older.
Alzheimer’s disease, and the potential cure for it, was thrown in the national spotlight in 2017 when Microsoft MSF, -0.13% co-founder Bill Gates donated $50 million through his foundation for Alzheimer’s research. Gates said the donation was personal, as the disease runs in his family.Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia, but both diseases are expected to grow in the next few decades, especially as people live longer.
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