Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias faced a greater risk for hospitalization after being continuously exposed to extreme heat, results from a cohort study showed.
The effects from continuous heat exposure appeared greater in certain diverse populations and climates, while the findings suggest that policymakers “should devise programs to mitigate these risks,” the researchers explained.
Scott W. Delaney, ScD, JD, MPH, a social and environmental epidemiologist at Harvard University, and colleagues explained that adults with Alzheimer’s disease and