Cannabis is emerging as a tool in dementia care, offering relief from anxiety and agitation when traditional medications fall ...

They found that nursing homes that are dedicated to providing care for dementia patients – those whose population is composed ...

In the last two years, two drugs have been federally approved to slow the onset of Alzheimer's disease in its early stages, ...

There may be multiple reasons for this, says Dr. Ertekin-Taner: One of them is that the brain needs healthy vasculature to ...

Dementia strikes all races, but new research suggests thinking declines in poor seniors are often overlooked. Among a group ...

Dementia care specialist Teepa Snow says truly facing how to care ... While diagnosis is upsetting, Snow says finding purpose is crucial to patients staying positive. “Without any purpose, life ...

People living with dementia are less likely to be admitted to high-rated nursing homes compared to people who don’t have the ...

Older adults who have experienced a fall are at an increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia, new research found. But ...

A compassionate, multidisciplinary approach can help manage one of the most complex challenges nursing homes and other long-term care providers face.

Mark Ambler was jailed for three years and nine months A burglar who broke into the room of an elderly dementia patient at a ...

A police officer cursed before tasering a 95-year-old aged-care patient with dementia as she approached him with a steak ...