A new website aims to give more support to people caring for older adults who are living with dementia. The online resource, the DICE Approach, offers free training in a comprehensive approach to ...
Nearly 300 people learned new skills and refreshed old ones during the Dementia Caregiving Training Conference. On Wednesday, ...
Improv and dementia may not seem like they go together, but there’s a growing body of research that shows how effective improv training is in helping caregivers better assist their patients. Caring ...
The International Caregivers Association is launching a training program to bring a new communication model for dementia care to professional long-term care caregivers. The training will provide the ...
A new mobile application in Singapore is taking an innovative approach to communications training for caregivers of people with dementia. The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), a tertiary psychiatric ...
People with dementia sometimes do not cooperate with care. They may refuse to bathe, change clothes, or refuse to take medications. The purpose of this study is to test if a caregiver coaching program ...
The Alzheimer’s Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter is offering a Savvy Caregiver class starting Aug. 23 at the Carson City Senior Center. This six-week course is designed to ...
BUFORD, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter has been on home hospice care for more than three months now. It’s helping bust the myth that hospice care is only for the last few hours or days of someone ...
According to the Alzheimer's Association, each year more than 11 million Americans look after family or friends with various forms of dementia, unpaid and usually untrained. The lack of proper ...
The Boulder County Area Agency on Aging, Academy Boulder and Dementia Together are offering “Living with Dementia” caregiver training on Sept. 18. The training will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at Academy ...
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (NEWS10) — The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., is not just an art museum. It also serves as a center for research and higher education. Part of its mission is to share ...