According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of those living with dementia receive informal care from family members or friends. This equates to 16 million family caregivers ...

The School of Nursing is partnering with three other schools to establish a center that will test the effectiveness of dementia care interventions. The new center, called the Establishing Mechanisms ...

Research shows that when we listen to music, it's like a neurological CrossFit session for our brains, engaging multiple areas simultaneously. For people with dementia, this mental workout can be ...

Analysis from a Columbia and Rutgers Health team finds long-term antipsychotic use rose 65% from 2015 to 2024.

A Baycrest Health Sciences researcher and clinician has developed the first group language intervention that helps individuals losing the ability to speak due to a rare form of dementia, and could ...

Agitation is the third most common neuropsychiatric symptom observed in patients with dementia, with 30% of patients exhibiting these symptoms; the frequency increases to 80% among patients living in ...

A new international study led by researchers from UNSW Sydney's Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) has developed the ...

Patients with retinal vascular occlusion had an elevated risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, new research shows.

Dementia is often immediately associated with memory loss, but the condition encompasses so much more than just an impaired ability to recall names, dates or events. It is a complex condition that ...

Patients with dementia are more likely to experience a broad range of worse outcomes after high-risk surgeries compared to those without dementia, according to a study published by the Journal of the ...