Routine "microtransitions" within a nursing home can trigger negative health events for patients, but they’re often overlooked compared to the highly regulated transitions of care between healthcare ...

Due to a complex set of factors, long-term care facilities routinely refuse to let patients return after they are admitted to ...

In addition to becoming disoriented—even in a home they've lived in their entire lives—dogs with dementia are more likely to ...

A frail women in her late 80s with dementia received MAID after a family member brought forward a request for an assisted ...

Eli Lilly and Company, in partnership with leading Alzheimer's disease (AD) experts at this year's Alzheimer Europe Conference, have called for urgent improvements to diagnostic pathways to ensure ...

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.

Alzheimer's disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until ...

Video shows a home health care aide, identified by police as Helen Pitman, allegedly shoving an 85-year-old woman into her ...

Another major factor is the level of care needed. Some people with dementia will eventually need help with everyday activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, or managing medication. If these needs ...

OPINION: The first time I toured an assisted living home for my dad it felt like a betrayal. But getting him help was ...

The GUIDE program pays local health and home care organizations to provide free dementia respite services, education, training and care coordination.

The first large-scale clinical trial on Alzheimer's in the U.S. shows that behavior can have an important impact on brain ...