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 ...

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

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, ...

Hazardous drinking at baseline was associated with neglect and psychologically aggressive behaviors across 21 days. Daily diaries of drinking and mistreatment showed that instances of neglect and ...

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 ...

Two practitioners, Walter Brennan and Alison Kingston Miles, advise on how social care professionals can handle challenging behaviour among people with dementia Not all people with dementia display ...

The social behaviors of humans and animals often unfold over two distinct phases, namely a motivational and an action phase. The first of these phases entails instinctual and reward-seeking mental ...

Immigrants living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts, a new study has found. Immigrants living with dementia were ...

An expert has pinpointed six behavioural shifts that could indicate dementia, which may become apparent at festive gatherings this holiday season. Dr Byron Creese, a senior lecturer in psychology at ...