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 ...

Questionable prescribing of CNS-active drugs persists ...

Real-time location data captured through wearable devices can effectively reveal rest-activity rhythm patterns in people with ...

For people living with dementia, wandering can be fairly common, but preventative steps can be taken to mitigate the danger.

Researchers analyzed Medicare claims data to find that an estimated 25 percent of dementia patients were prescribed risky medications, including antidepressants and antipsychotics.

New safety study links sedative use to increased stroke risk. A large UK study involving more than 165,000 people with dementia has found that the drug risperidone increases the risk of stroke in all ...

Caregivers and family members looking after loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer’s are also preparing to hunker down for the storm.

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

Despite longstanding guidelines, many dementia patients are still prescribed brain-altering medications that can raise the ...

Mary O’Keefe’s husband was dragged from his hospital bed and had his head fatally smashed against the floor - at least, ...