Analysis suggests "housebound" elderly may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.HealthDay (4/26, Dotinga) reported that seniors who are "'housebound' seem to have nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease," according to a study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Researchers followed "1,294 seniors from two separate studies of older adults whose health was being tracked over time." Although no seniors "showed signs of dementia" at the beginning of this study, over an average "4.4 years, 180 developed Alzheimer's disease."
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