Dementia functions as a broad classification covering multiple distinct cognitive conditions. Behavioral shifts often represent an attempt to communicate rather than mere symptoms. Simplifying the ...

Reviewed by Anton Porsteinsson, MD, Director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE) in New York; and the first William B. and Sheila Konar, ...

—Managing agitation in nursing home patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias could be improved by augmenting Minimum Data Set data with information from electronic medical records.

Over 6 million Americans are impacted by Alzheimer's disease, and researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh are discovering how lifestyle habits can impact ...

Alzheimer’s disease progresses gradually, with subtle behavioral changes often appearing long before a formal diagnosis. While memory loss remains the most recognized symptom, these early behavioral ...

Shifts in behavior can be challenging to manage. Experts have five strategies that can help. By Louisa Kamps Susan Hirsch was visiting her father in the hospital where he was recuperating after a fall ...

In addition to monitoring function and cognitive decline, ongoing regular management of general health and other medical conditions is essential to the care of the patient with AD. Management goals ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, an umbrella term for cognitive decline that significantly impairs memory, thinking, and behavior. Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative condition ...

More Medicaid beneficiaries are undergoing nursing home-to-community transfers, report finds New research reveals that excessive sedentary behavior significantly increases Alzheimer’s disease risk, ...

Chances are, most of us as kids experienced an adult’s reprimand not to pick our nose…but in 1995, one psychiatry study proposed that more than 91% of adults dig for green gold. The world has changed ...

Angela Jefferson, PhD, professor of Neurology and founding director of the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center at VUMC. The research study was led by Marissa Gogniat, PhD, assistant professor of ...