If there is two or more 'yes' answer, then a patient is strongly suggestive of having dementia. The AD8 has a sensitivity and specificity of 85% and 86% respectively. [14] Realizing the deficiency ...

Things don't have to make sense Trying to understand the questions and requests of someone experiencing dementia can be frustrating because you simply don't understand what they're saying.

Dementia therapies may help relieve symptoms, but many different options are available. Some may help more than others.

Older Australians suffering from chronic pain face a significantly increased risk of dementia, according to a new University of Southern Queensland-led (UniSQ) study. Living with dementia in ...

In reply to questions, Hall said for community dementia services specifically ... “What I can’t answer... is how much is needed to solve the funding issues in the home support area and ...

Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is being investigated for allegedly shooting and killing a 68-year-old man with dementia after his family called for help on Sunday, according ...

Bruce, 69, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD ... a sense of "relief" for being able to find an answer to her health-related questions. "If I'm being honest, I really hated myself ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on helping someone with a disability carry out a civic responsibility. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My grandma has relatively advanced Alzheimer’s disease and ...

Flagstaff became the first city in northern Arizona to earn the Dementia Friendly Community (DCF) designation from Dementia Friendly America this week. According to an announcement sent Tuesday ...