Why: Depression is common in late life, effecting nearly five million of the 31 million Americans aged 65 and older. Both major and minor depression are reported in 13% of community dwelling older ...

Older adults with more smartphone usage had poorer sleep quality, according to a new study. Depression and loneliness played a significant role in making sleep quality even worse.

Over a mean follow-up of 8.6 years, increasing scores on the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) were linked with slopes of PET amyloid burden in the following three regions, after adjusting ...

To measure depression, participants completed the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), a well-established questionnaire, both before and after a dance class on three separate occasions (March ...