Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caregivers share the lessons they've learned from seeing Alzheimer's up close. Here's what they say about the importance of ...

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 ...

GUIDE Model services include care coordination and management, caregiver education and support, and $2,500 per year for respite services. GUIDE is available at no out-of-pocket cost to patients with ...

When Natalie Kim first visited Dominion Village at Williamsburg, one resident of the senior living community seemed particularly anxious and confused. She repeatedly asked Kim, a 19-year-old sophomore ...

Johnson, chair of Emory University Family and Preventive Medicine, is the program co-director of the Emory University Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. My cousin and I were signing my aunt out ...

In the case of a hip fracture, operating on a patient with dementia can be a difficult decision to make. Indeed, surgery exposes patients with dementia to a higher mortality rate, more delirium and ...

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

People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected, according to experts at UC San Francisco and Harvard, ...

According to the Alzheimer's Association, nearly 7 million Americans age 65 and older are already living with Alzheimer's and dementia. In this part of CBS News New York's Cost of Caregiving series, ...

As workplaces continue to change with technology, many still believe that older people, especially those with dementia, can’t keep up. This stereotype is not only false—it’s harmful. It overlooks the ...

KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A new study out of a farm in King and Queen County is bringing together an unlikely duo — horses and dementia patients. The Fox Moon Farm Project and Lakewood ...

Patients with dementia are more likely to experience a broad range of worse outcomes after high-risk surgeries compared to those without dementia, according to a study published by the Journal of the ...