Specially qualified nurses with extended roles—known as Dementia Care Managers—can measurably improve the care of people with dementia living at home. This is the finding of a study conducted by DZNE ...
Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.
Globally, dementia cases are increasing at a rate of more than 20% a year. Most of these cases are in low- to middle-income countries. In a special supplement to the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, ...
Adults living with Alzheimer’s-related dementia now have a second FDA-approved drug for agitation, and for the first time, one that is not an antipsychotic. The Food and Drug Administration cleared an ...
Watch this session from the 2024 Nursing Times Workforce Online Conference considering how dementia nursing practice must evolve to meet future demands. The Nursing Times Workforce Online Conference ...
Judicious use of antipsychotics to treat agitation or psychosis in patients with dementia is the focus of a new practice guideline from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The evidence-based ...
A three-step process underscores new clinical practice guidelines for primary and specialty care clinicians to evaluate patients who may have cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer's or a ...
Dementia is characterised by behavioural changes, and loss of cognitive and social functioning brought about by progressive neurological disorders. Undiagnosed dementia can have an insidious and ...
"This study is significant as it supports what many dementia experts have observed in clinical practice," a doctor told ...
This article presents a few key pieces of advice from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on safeguarding adults living with dementia, last updated in June 2023. The full guide outlines the challenges ...
Amsterdam, September 3, 2019 - Globally, dementia cases are increasing at a rate of more than 20% a year. Most of these cases are in low- to middle-income countries. In a special supplement to the ...