Share on Pinterest Scientists have found a link between dementia risk and falls in older adults. fotostorm/Getty Images Older adults who have experienced a traumatic injury as a result of falling ...

A Dining Experience That Aids The Elderly Suffering Dementia The basic actions of eating and drinking are delivered with more dignity, helping people with dementia cope with other aspects of their ...

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 ...

Cognitive decline may increase an older person's risk for a fall, while the trauma that follows a fall may also speed up ...

It can be fixed by cataract extraction, a surgical procedure associated with a nearly three per cent decrease in risk of dementia among older adults, according to study authors. In other cases ...

Falling Linked to Raised Risk of Dementia in Older People By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- More than 14 million seniors a year take a tumble ...

More information: Jason R. Smith et al, Vision Impairment and the Population Attributable Fraction of Dementia in Older Adults, JAMA Ophthalmology (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.3131 ...

Helen Rimell Susan was diagnosed with early onset vascular dementia in 2015 Her images capture her mother's decline in the little details from everyday life at home in Llantwit Major, Vale of ...

A lack of physical exercise is one of the main factors where the evidence is strong enough to show that it increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. Studies looking at the effect of exercise ...

The eatery is a food spot with a difference – it is on the porch of a care home and its elderly staff all have dementia. HKSKH Li Ka Shing Care and Attention Home for the Elderly in Shek Kip Mei ...

Older adults who have experienced a traumatic injury as a result of falling are 21 percent more likely to later receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another related dementia.