Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I. An Overview of Cognitive Decline in Later Life; 1. Introduction to the Study of Cognitive Decline; Approaches to the Study of Cognitive Decline in Well‑Functioning Older Adults; Summary and Conclusions; 2. Factors Protective against Cognitive Decline; Education; Multilingualism; Cognitive Leisure Activities; Social Interaction; Physical Activity; Nutrition; Evaluation of the Available Literature; Implications for Clinical Practice; Summary and Conclusions

3. Factors Predictive of Cognitive DeclineEducation; Social Isolation; Health and Medical Factors; Genetic Factors; Bioage and Biomarkers; Evaluation of the Available Literature; Implications for Clinical Practice; Summary and Conclusions; Part II. Assessment Strategies for Late‑Life Cognitive Decline; 4. An Integrative, Developmental Approach to Assessment; An Applied Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment; The Expanding Role of Technology in Cognitive Assessment; Ethical Issues in the Assessment of Older Adults; Assessment of Trajectories of Cognitive Decline; Summary and Conclusions

Key PointsAppendix 4.1. Key Interview Information to Be Obtained; Appendix 4.2. Cognitive Domains for Administration and Interpretation; Appendix 4.3. Ethical Principles and the Assessment Process; 5. Normal Age‑Related Cognitive Decline; Normative Comparison Standards; Normal Cognitive Aging in Context; Summary and Conclusions; Key Points; 6. Subjective Cognitive Decline; Evolution and Operationalization of the Construct of SCD; Rates of Cognitive Decline in SCD; Objective Markers of Decline in Persons with SCD; Operationalizing the Diagnosis of SCD in Clinical Practice

Ethical Issues in Providing a Diagnosis of SCDSummary and Conclusions; Key Points; 7. Mild Cognitive Impairment; Evolution of the Construct of MCI; Current Diagnostic Approaches to MCI; MCI as a Prodrome to Dementia; Operationalizing the Diagnosis of MCI in Clinical Practice; Psychological and Ethical Considerations in the Diagnosis of MCI; Summary and Conclusions; Key Points; 8. Dementia; Conducting the Assessment; Additional and Ongoing Assessment of Dementia; Summary and Conclusions; Key Points; Appendix 8.1. Examples of Information Obtained for Capacity Assessments

Part III. Interventions for Late-Life Cognitive Decline9. An Integrative, Developmental Approach to Intervention; An Applied Neuropsychological Approach to Intervention; Summary and Conclusions; Key Points; Appendix 9.1. Example Psychoeducational Handout for Sam Prior to Initiating Treatment; 10. Pharmacological Interventions; Medications as Part of the Biopsychosocial Framework of Intervention; Neuropsychologists' Contributions to Psychopharmacological Interventions; Classes of Medications and Their Potential Influence on Cognitive/Behavioral and Emotional Functioning in Older Adults