In brief, data were provided by national VA registries maintained by the Serious Mental
Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center in Ann Arbor, MI, and the study was
approved by the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System IRB. Patients included were≥ 65 years
old and diagnosed with dementia between October 1, 1998, and September 30, 2009. The
cohort was limited to those who began outpatient treatment between October 1, 1999 and …