New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...

Legislation being drafted to require EMS personnel to undergo training to help them better interact with those living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias makes sense, at first blush. Sen.

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, engage in other inappropriate or repetitive behaviors, or refuse to let caregivers ...

The International Caregivers Association is launching a training program to bring a new communication model for dementia care to professional long-term care caregivers. The training will provide the ...

Radiographers have called for more to be done to support patients with dementia while having scans and tests.

So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or ...

This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...