Alzheimer’s disease impacts millions of individuals and their families across the country. In Indiana alone, about 121,300 ...
Yet despite decades of research, no treatment has been created that arrests Alzheimer’s cognitive deterioration, let alone reverses it. That dismal lack of progress is partly because of the infinite ...
This month the Alzheimer Society of B.C. is sharing people’s personal experiences and putting on events to help raise ...
When someone with dementia loses their ability to have empathy, caring for them can become isolating and fraught, research ...
"Taking Care" focuses on Lauren Miller Rogen's mother, Adele, a longtime Lakeland resident who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's ...
The work of the Innovation Center has benefited from continuity across administrations; the path to further expanding ...
(WAVY) — Quality time takes on a whole new meaning ... Alzheimer’s Association President & CEO, Dr. Joanne Pike said. Pike visited Norfolk this week for a roundtable discussion with local ...
Hospitals are not places people want to visit over and over. But for many older adults, hospital readmission is a significant ...
Most of Wisconsin’s 4,000 assisted living facilities never receive complaints. But where there are problems, issues can be life threatening.
It’s also worth asking about the staffing ratio of patient to caregiver at a facility, Comer says. “The best is three to one,” she says, meaning ... Alzheimer’s but is actually another ...
For example, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ... facilities rely on caregivers with help for all eating, drinking, walking and personal hygiene; many also have dementia or Alzheimer's ...