She believed that people with dementia were desperate to connect ... and it takes a radical approach to problematic patient behaviors. “Let’s say a disoriented old man sees me as a love ...

Research into whether interventions can increase engagement in meaningful activity and reduce sedentary behavior among ...

This University of Waterloo study shows how antipsychotic medications significantly worsened behavior in nursing home ...

Several experts shared the following tips to help dementia patients ... Care Association board president in Boston, Massachusetts, recommends explaining any changes in the loved one’s behavior ...

Clinical practice guideline also presents recommendations for specialist care and primary care of patients with Alzheimer disease, dementia.

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women ...

Consistent with the approach taken by other alternative payment models, GUIDE frames the emergency department as a negative ...

This discovery is significant because there are currently no effective treatments for any type of dementia, including FTD.

When we think about dementia, we often think of a person experiencing memory loss and confusion. While it’s true that these ...

which focuses on aligning care with what matters most to patients, emphasizing patients' wishes and minimizing trauma and risk. Not all residents with dementia can tell the nursing home staff they ...

The condition affects more than one million people in the US and around 80 million people worldwide and, according to Mount ...