Authorities are looking into allegations of patient abuse and assault inflicted upon 84-year-old Robert Meyer, who died on ...

Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying laws allow patients to request a painless death if an assessor agrees their terminal ...

A new resource is helping people with dementia speak to their doctors and health care professionals about their medicines with more confidence.

Kris Mayes asked the court to bar Gary Langendoen, Tracy Langendoen and their companies from providing health care services to vulnerable adults in Arizona.

If you are like a lot of people, you might be anxious about the risk of getting dementia as you age. The lifetime risk of ...

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

At a recent party, another guest, a nurse, asked what I do for a living. I explained that as a health policy researcher, my ...

Fearful staff warned bosses at a Queensland hospital for years that if security for cognitively impaired patients was not stepped up that “something awful would happen” — then an elderly surgical ...

Forget managing decline—this new study suggests the brain can heal from Alzheimer’s under the right conditions.

Balhan did not know it then, but her dad’s experience at the hospital is so common it has a name: ER boarding. One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission ...

My day in the company of one of South Central Ambulance Service's (SCAS) specialist paramedics has got off to a flying start. I'm conscious that I keep asking Chrissy Ames to repe ...

Wandering or ‘exit-seeking’ is common in dementia, often triggered by confusion or memory loss. Families need practical ...