About 25% of Medicare beneficiaries with dementia were prescribed high-risk central nervous system (CNS) – active medications associated with falls, confusion and hospitalizations between 2013 and ...

Nonpharmacologic interventions should be tried before medication. Given the importance of long-term treatment and management of this population, primary-care clinicians are ideally suited to play a ...

Alzheimer’s disease puts a significant burden on not only the nearly seven million people who have been diagnosed with it, but also the caregivers supporting them. More than 11 million Americans ...

Medicare offers help for caregivers of dementia patients but getting the word out has not been easy. People who work in ...

The New Orleans Jewish Community Center’s Alzheimer's Care and Enrichment Program has become a lifeline for families dealing ...

The initiative, called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience, or GUIDE Model, is offered at 327 locations across the U.S., ...

Caring for a loved one with dementia is an all-encompassing journey fraught with emotional, physical, and mental challenges. The weight on caregivers is profound, often leading to feelings of ...

Carolina Caring launched a new Dementia Care Program on July 1 designed to provide expert support and services to patients with a dementia diagnosis. As part of this launch, Carolina Caring also ...

According to the Alzheimer's Association, nearly 7 million Americans age 65 and older are already living with Alzheimer's and dementia. In this part of CBS News New York's Cost of Caregiving series, ...

To the editor: I read this article with sadness and anger (“As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital ERs aren’t ready,” April 20). Last month, my husband died after an eight-year struggle ...

Roughly 25 percent of dementia patients were prescribed at least one ‘potentially inappropriate’ drug between 2013 and 2021 ...