"Implementing cognitive screening after injurious falls in older adults may aid in the timely diagnosis of dementia." ...
Our easy-to-read patient fact sheet provides clinicians with information on the symptoms of delirium vs dementia and AD.
CADASIL is a brain disease involving genetic mutations, stroke, and dementia. Learn about symptom progression and ongoing ...
There are over 20,000 people with dementia in Northern Ireland. People with dementia here are more likely to get a diagnosis than anywhere else in the UK, but there is still a huge amount to do to ...
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 ...
Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...
It's the only way we can avert the growing health disparities in dementia." More information: Adam de Havenon et al, White matter hyperintensity on MRI and plasma Aβ42/40 ratio additively increase the ...
Find out why a person may hide, hoard or lose things, as well as how you can help. A person with dementia may hide things, store them for a long time, or lose them. This can be distressing for the ...
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has said it estimates that about 267,700 people are living with dementia in the community, which represents almost 70 per cent of people with the ...
In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...
FORGETFULNESS and memory loss – both things that come to mind when we think of dementia. But did you know there are other early warnings that a loved one is suffering the devastating disease ...