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 ...

Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a brain disease that’s often misunderstood. It’s actually the second most common type of ...

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 ...

An Arkansan with Alzheimer's disease is more likely to be cared for by a family member or friend with their own chronic health problems than the resident of any other state except Pennsylvania, ...

Medicare's regulations for enrolling in hospice exclude many dementia patients who need it the most. LPettet/E+ via Getty Images Jimmy Carter, who chose to forgo aggressive medical care for ...

There are over 55 million people worldwide living with dementia in 2020. This number is expected to almost double every 20 years. “Dementia is an umbrella term for types of diseases or syndromes where ...

A new Medicare program covering services for at-home nursing care for dementia patients has received the green light to expand nationwide following a yearlong pilot program. It’s a first for Medicare, ...

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 ...

Aggression, agitation, and psychosis are common among patients with dementia. “When problematic behaviors arise, construct a differential diagnosis, as you would with any other problem in practice,” ...