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Objectives
To examine how dementia is associated with COVID‐19 risk and adherence to COVID‐19 mitigation behaviors, and whether mitigation behaviors mediate the relationship between dementia and COVID‐19 risk.
Methods/Design
We analyzed 2019 and 2020 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study, a national prospective cohort study of United States older adults age 65+. Outcomes were COVID‐19...