As the world's population rapidly ages, a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds that people ...

Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t have a cure, meaning no treatment can reverse the damage that’s already occurred in the brain.

Survival can vary widely, from about 9 years for women at age 60 to just 2 years for men at age 85. However, forecasting the need for nursing home care remains a complex challenge. A systematic review ...

Allen Power urged nursing home leaders ... who helps lead a care movement asked people not to define dementia as a disease that can be treated with medication designed to alter behavior.

Women aged 80 and older who experience increased sleepiness are twice as likely to develop dementia as those with stable ...

Other causes include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Lewy body dementia ... Nearly half of Texas’ nursing home residents have Alzheimer’s, according to the state health agency.

Cari Eyre, dementia director at the department, highlighted the impact of the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative ... particularly within veteran nursing homes, due to Florida’s large veteran ...

“You are talking about very severe Alzheimer’s disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care of him until she passed away,” Baden sai ...

Nursing homes must evolve toward a more adaptable, individualized care model that anticipates residents’ needs and ...

Man was repeatedly struck on the head with a piece of metal by another man, who had earlier been treated in Tallaght University Hospital, as he waited in A&E with his wife ...

The unprovoked attack which was witnessed by his unwell wife from her hospital trolley changed the lives of Joseph and ...