Fall rate almost 50% for older adults with dementia; study pinpoints risk factors … Initiatives launched to help older New Yorkers age in communities of choice … LeadingAge VA CNA course takes aim...
Affinity Living tests light’s effects on residents living with dementia
Jun 24, 2019
New studies by Affinity Living Group and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill aim to use light to reduce the number of falls or amount of agitation in residents living with dementia.
Low scam awareness may predict later dementia diagnosis
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2019
An older adult’s low awareness of scams may be an indicator that he or she may receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment in the future, according to the results of a new...
Hospital sends woman with dementia to locked senior living community
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
Long Beach, CA-based College Medical Center dumped a woman with dementia outside the locked senior living community where she lived in the middle of the night, a daughter’s negligence complaint alleges.
$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2016
Anne Basting’s work to improve older adults’ quality of life and change perceptions related to aging and dementia recently received a big boost in the form of a $625,000 “genius grant”...
Anticholinergic drugs don’t raise dementia risk in those with Parkinson’s
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2016
Concern that anticholinergic drugs could potentially worsen cognition in those with Parkinson’s disease are unfounded, according to new research reported in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease.
Lower frequency of social contact linked to lower total brain volume
Jul 13, 2023
“These results suggest that providing support for people to help them start and maintain their connections to others may be beneficial for preventing brain atrophy and the development of dementia,”...
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Apr 24, 2020
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Creating a new ‘environment’
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2016
Through experiential memory care, residents receive a multi-sensory experience designed to create an optimum level of well-being.