Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to ...

Agitation is commonly seen in people with dementia. It's typically caused by a combination of external factors and neurobiological (relating to the structure and function of the nervous system) ...

"We need to find ways to engage frontline staff in the delivery of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including early preferred music, to achieve the goal of safe and effective management of ...

The drug will advance to a multiple ascending dose study, with later plans to initiate a Phase II/III trial.

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CANNABIS CAN BE USED TO TREAT CHRONIC PAIN OR SEIZURES. AND NOW, RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WANT IT CONSIDERED FOR USE AMONG HOSPICE PATIENTS. 11 NEWS MEDICAL REPORTER MINDY BASARA ...

This video is no longer available. For a dementia patient, holding a robotic dog or cat can provide soothing moments in the life of a person whose loss of memory and other mental faculties is ...

Researchers analyzed Medicare claims data to find that an estimated 25 percent of dementia patients were prescribed risky ...

Questionable prescribing of CNS-active drugs persists ...