After an initial pilot program, Medicare has introduced a new model for treating patients with dementia this year. The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model, called GUIDE, is a voluntary ...

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy. Lorraine wandered from ...

A new study has laid the groundwork for a future intervention designed to help caregivers establish a safe and workable mealtime routine for people with dementia living at home. For many people with ...

As someone develops dementia, their cognitive abilities decline and their short-term memory fades. This often leads to the ...

Caregivers of those with dementia or other degenerative diseases are often amazing individuals. Yet they, too, need support and not to stay silent about their burdens.

For many people with dementia and the caregivers helping them live at home, mealtime is no picnic. The home environment can pose challenges for both the patient and those providing care—confusion and ...

The number of adults with dementia is growing — and so is the number of family members who step in to help. A St. Louis-based nonprofit is trying to meet their needs. John Ludwig knew he needed ...

Early detection is imperative to catch neurodegenerative diseases like dementia in their early stages and slow disease progression. But regular cognitive testing is not yet commonplace in healthcare ...

A new study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that almost all community-dwelling older adults with ...

Thousands of people with dementia are prescribed powerful medications for longer and at higher doses than recommended, raising concerns about safety and quality of care, finds a new study led by UCL ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For many people with dementia and the caregivers helping them live at home, mealtime is no picnic. The home environment can pose challenges for both the patient and those providing ...