Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can cause aggressive behavior, even in people who have never been violent in their lives. These aggressive dementia behaviors can be scary and difficult for caregivers ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or ...

In the last post, we discussed how and why frustration, depression, anxiety, and not participating in activities are common in dementia. In this article we’ll tackle the thorny issues of apathy, ...

One in six assisted living residents and one in five in nursing homes face aggression from other residents each month, ...

Some of the traditionally associated symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy —a degenerative brain disease most attributed with football and other contact sports — include depression, aggressive ...

Wandering, and "elopement," are frightening and dangerous behaviors by people with dementia. For some families, it is the ...

The next meeting of the monthly dementia education and support group at Senior Commons at Powder Mill will explore ...

Tallulah Willis visited “The Drew Barrymore Show” and shared why it felt important for her family to be open about the “aggressive” condition, frontotemporal dementia, her dad, Bruce Willis, has.

17 November 2020, Bavaria, Krailling: A resident of the old people's home Maria Eich plays the game "Memory" on a nursing ward and puts pairs of cards together. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven ...

News New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from ...

This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...