Primary care providers have a major role in dementia care, but resources can help at every stage of the process, according to ...
An Invited Commentary published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open highlights vital new consensus on when to refer dementia patients to specialist palliative care. The commentary, authored by Laura J.
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 ...
Wandering, and "elopement," are frightening and dangerous behaviors by people with dementia. For some families, it is the ...
A new UC Davis study suggests that dementia patients can both receive and give caregiving in early stages of illness. (Getty Images) In cases of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s common for a spouse to take ...
The $40 million Agrace Dementia Village, to be built on the hospital's 6-acre campus, will instead offer a true village, one ...
Merging primary and dementia care may help clinicians prescribe unnecessary medications, according to a poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting in ...
Kootenai Accountable Care partners with tech-enabled dementia care leader Ceresti Health to improve lives and reduce ...
Maria J Silveira does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
A simple combination of daily physical exercise and protein-rich nutritional drinks appears to offer significant health ...
Dementia was more prevalent in older patients with some cancer types, and comorbid dementia in this population was associated with unplanned or unnecessary hospitalization. Objective: Cancer and ...