Aliberti, Covinsky, and Da Silva Validate Clinical Dementia Rating for Hospital Use in Older Adults in New JAGS Publication
Marlon Aliberti, MD, PhD, Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH, Thiago Junqueira Avelino Da Silva, MD, and colleagues published their this manuscript "Pulling Back the Curtain on Hospital Dementia Detection: Validating the Informant-Based Clinical Dementia Rating in Older Patients" in JAGS. The study validates the use of the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) to diagnose dementia in hospitalized older adults.