Dementia Therapy

A digital training program significantly improved the quality of life for people with dementia who lived in assisted living communities and nursing homes in the United Kingdom. As a result, there was a...

A lot of factors go into a person’s dementia risk. According to a new report, an individual’s personality plays a role as well.

The Medicare coverage proposal for these drugs is too restrictive, limiting potential benefits to a select few, the two congressmen argue in a letter sent Monday to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.

Not only did measures of mood, behaviors and cognition improve in attendees with dementia, but the robot pets provided participants with an alternative way to express themselves, researchers say.

Nursing home residents with severe dementia had significant cognitive and physical skill improvement after training regularly with fitness software that increased motivation, researchers say.

The experimental Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab is not ready for federal approval in June, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration say in a new JAMA editorial.

A primary care toolkit for brain health assessment and dementia diagnosis has gotten a much-needed update as more research points to the potential for better outcomes with earlier diagnoses, the authors...

The great prevalence of mild disease underscores the need for interventions that may slow decline or prevent progression in dementia, researchers contend.

Psychologists offer tips on how to effectively use reminiscence therapy to help adults with dementia recall past holidays.

An art gallery program for adults with dementia helps to improve well-being and normalize cortisol levels, according to a new study.