Dementia

Supporting sleep continuity may improve daytime dementia symptoms … Research urgently needed on long COVID among LTC residents, clinicians say … FDA greenlights first OTC COVID test that also detects...

Midlife obesity, physical inactivity and low education are three prominent modifiable risk factors tied to dementia, researchers say.

Delusions and hallucinations require targeted treatments that take other neuropsychiatric symptoms into account to improve quality of life, a new study finds. 

Medicare Advantage plans will be more incentivized to address gaps in care if consumer care assessments include more input from enrollees with dementia, investigators say.

Table top gaming consoles — so-called magic tables — are taking off in memory care communities, providing an easy way to stimulate the brains of those with memory impairing diseases.

Frequent, unsubtle symptoms have a big impact on patient quality of life, but are often unreported in primary care, investigators report.

The rate of dementia is significantly higher among seniors of some racial and ethnic groups enrolled with the U.S. Veterans Health Administration.

Dementia training tied to license renewals for EMS workers … New tool uses caregiver input to monitor for post-ICU syndrome in seniors … Healthcare workers experienced military combat-level trauma...

The lethargy that many Alzheimer’s patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake, according to a study that also confirms...

Virtual dementia care program leads to 60% reduction in hospital admissions: study … Biden Administration accelerates effort to prevent, detect and treat Long COVID … BA.2 now behind 72% of all US...