The U-ARE Protocol: A Pragmatic Approach to Decisional Capacity Assessment for Clinical Research

With increased longevity and growth in the number of older adults comes rising rates of individuals with cognitive impairment and dementia. The expansion of this population has important implications for research on aging and dementia syndromes, namely increased enrollment of older individuals in c linical research. Ethical prerogatives, as well as historical underrepresentation of persons with dementia in research studies due to the perceived...