Communication is not just words spoken by one and listening by another. Communication involves body language, voice inflection, visual ...

A West Michigan senior living community is offering families, staff and neighbors a firsthand look at what it's like to live with dementia or Alzheimer's disease through a virtual dementia tour.

Take the free UNI Dementia Simulation challenge. Get a glimpse of what it's like to live with dementia. Because dementia is so often misunderstood, the University of Northern Iowa's Gerontology ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It’s high-tech, and it ...

It may be an overused proverb, but it's a good one: "Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand." That's the definitely the thinking behind Virtual ...

A new initiative is looking to change the landscape of dementia care nationwide. The GUIDE model, which stands for Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience, is a new program from the Centers for ...

On July 1, 2024 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) will be inaugurating a new value-based payment model designed specifically to address the devastating impacts that a diagnosis ...

A Place for Mom reports in-home dementia care costs start at $34/hour, with monthly averages between $2,145 and $24,000, increasing as care needs grow.

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults. That’s according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open last month. "This study quantifies a diagnostic ...