A geriatrics expert explains how to prepare the home for a patient, what is important to focus on – and why sometimes it is ...

The University of Utah Aging Brain Care Clinic is participating in GUIDE. GUIDE is a model introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote improved dementia care.

Dr Karen Harrison Dening reflects on her 50-year nursing career and how dementia care and policy have changed in that time ...

Medicare annual wellness visits were associated with a 21% increase in mild cognitive impairment diagnoses. Those with a wellness evaluation received a diagnosis 76 days earlier than others. Findings ...

Studies have found poor grip strength is associated with greater risk of cognitive decline, with neurologist Dr Bing ...

A new risk calculator accurately estimated the likelihood of adults developing dementia within ten years after a stroke, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke ...

Naming ( Table 3) is tested by asking the patient to name objects around the room, body parts, or line drawings, such as those in the Boston Naming Test. [15] Naming is typically impaired in dementia, ...

Abstract This exploratory study compares the impact of five activity types on the well-being of institutionalized people with dementia: the intergenerational art program Opening Minds through Art, art ...

The number of people with dementia in the UK is expected to rise to 1.4 million in 2040, Alzheimer’s Society writes. As it stands, almost a million of us have the condition (982,000). Still, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Testing revealed significant cognitive differences between patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia and healthy ...

Patients with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing early onset Alzheimer disease compared to the general population. Among the 6.5 million older patients with intellectual disabilities ...