title: Aging Heads of State: The Politics of Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
abstract: There are several impressive contemporary examples of elderly politicians. The mean age of political leaders has not increased significantly in most parts of the world over the last 3 decades with the exception of the Gulf States and sub-Saharan Africa. Health problems of heads of state in earlier centuries had not been primarily age associated. After 1900, dementia but also mild cognitive and mild behavioral impairment became important issues in politically critical situations, for example inte
journal: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders