January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month in Canada. The month is dedicated to dispelling myths and addressing questions and ...

All 16 of Indiana’s designated senior care organizations are now required to have a dementia outreach specialist. The goal is ...

Around 20% of Allegheny County’s population is 65 and older, according to recent studies, placing among the highest ...

The month of January is recognized as Alzheimer's Awareness Month and the Alzheimer's Society of Saskatchewan is taking the ...

All 16 of Indiana’s designated senior care organizations — known as Area Agencies on Aging — are now required to have a ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...

is an information service for professionals and others with an interest in dementia care and evidence-based research into dementia. Our aim is to improve the quality of life of people with dementia by ...

Choosing whether or not to transfer skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents to the  hospital is complicated, especially for people with cognitive impairment. Yet many people with Alzheimer's and ...

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for ...

Predicting need for nursing home care remains complex For clinicians it is an important and demanding task to inform patients with dementia and their relatives about the prognosis. As with malignant ...

Earlier Diabetes Diagnosis Linked to Dementia Risk Nov. 19, 2024 — People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at a younger age are at a higher risk for developing dementia than those diagnosed later ...

The chance of getting dementia generally increases with age. The likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia is more than six times higher in people aged 80 and over compared to those aged 65-79. Not ...