A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped to help skilled nursing facilities deliver palliative care to ...

A team of investigators evaluated numerous factors associated with the management of pain among residents of nursing homes with dementia. Although more than half of patients with dementia residing in ...

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a collection of symptoms that affect a person’s thinking and social abilities enough to interfere with daily life. There are more than 55 ...

Imagine this: You are a nurse practitioner in a nursing home. A staff member asks you to assess Mrs. B, a 90-year-old with mild dementia who is “not acting like herself.” When you check on Mrs. B, she ...

MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Relias, the trusted education and workforce enablement partner to more than 11,000 healthcare and human services organizations and 4.5 million caregivers, announced ...

No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...

A critical step in meeting the needs of the growing aging population is early recognition of cognitive decline. In California, women who live to be 65 or older have a one in four chance of developing ...