Abstract Objectives Because End of life (EOL) is becoming an increasingly long life stage,
this paper aims to describe the delineation of EOL by reviewing studies which examine (a) …

BACKGROUND:: Although dementia has predicted mortality in large dialysis cohorts, little is
known about the relationship between less pronounced cognitive deficits and mortality in …

Using 12-year longitudinal data from deceased participants of the Berlin Aging Study (N=
414; age 70–103 years, at first occasion; M= 87 years, SD= 8.13), the authors examined …

Background. The purpose of this study is to examine whether physical disability is
associated with faster rate of decline in cognitive function. Methods. A longitudinal …

A first point to be made is that the current collection of papers provides no evidence
whatsoever for the Riegel and Riegel (1972) hypothesis that terminal cognitive effects …

Despite several studies demonstrating an independent and inverse association between
cognition and mortality, the nature of this association still remains unclear. To examine the …

Late life involves a variety of different challenges to well-being. This study extends and
qualifies propositions drawn from the paradox of well-being in aging using 15-year …

Objectives. Relative to typical age-related cognitive decrements, the terms “terminal decline”
and “terminal drop” refer to the phenomenon of increased cognitive decline in proximity to …

Background: both cognitive ability and cognitive decline have been shown to predict
mortality in older people. As dementia, a major form of cognitive decline, has an established …

Objectives To describe the cognitive test battery of the German National Cohort (NAKO), a
population-based mega cohort of 205,000 randomly selected participants, and to examine …