ICU hospitalization and incident dementia in community‐based cohorts of older adults

Critical illness and intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization in older patients have been shown to increase risk of long‐term cognitive impairment. However, most data come from patients recruited from the ICU without controls or information on pre‐ICU cognition. We are not aware of a community‐based sample that allows examination of how ICU hospitalization changes risk for dementia.