Nursing home workers should be trained to provide specific care for dementia patients, whose presence in nursing homes is growing, according to new research. The study, published in Health Affairs on ...

Older Medicare patients with dementia are less likely to receive high-quality home healthcare than those without dementia, with significant variations in the quality of care for dementia patients ...

Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons. Jeffrey Dowd had been an auto mechanic who ran a dog rescue and ...

Wandering, and "elopement," are frightening and dangerous behaviors by people with dementia. For some families, it is the ...

There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers. Unlike support ...

The $40 million Agrace Dementia Village, to be built on the hospital's 6-acre campus, will instead offer a true village, one ...

Casey Shively holds a photo of a family ski trip with his sister, Katie, and his father, Dan, in 1996. Dan Shively died in a memory care home after being violently attacked by another resident.

For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience - one that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a ...

This article was originally featured on KHN. There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with ...

For a person living with dementia, a hospital stay can be a terrifying whirlwind of strange faces, loud noises and confusing ...