KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A new study out of a farm in King and Queen County is bringing together an unlikely duo — horses and dementia patients. The Fox Moon Farm Project and Lakewood ...
Families and experts share their best advice for navigating and coping. By Mohana Ravindranath About four years ago, Madhavi Phadke, a philanthropy director in Westford, Mass., noticed her mother, ...
An in-home caregiver adopted her dementia-stricken patient’s dangerously obese Dachshund in late May to try and return the pup to a healthy weight and found a new member of her family for life. Tegan ...
Gardening offers therapeutic benefits for individuals experiencing memory loss, providing physical exercise, sensory stimulation, and social interaction. Safe garden design considerations include ...
The combination of a recently approved blood test for detection of Alzheimer’s disease combined with two medications that slow progression of the disease is drastically improving outcomes for patients ...
Agitation is the third most common neuropsychiatric symptom observed in patients with dementia, with 30% of patients exhibiting these symptoms; the frequency increases to 80% among patients living in ...
Four out of 10 residents in assisted living facilities suffer from dementia. This story is from Kaiser Health News They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living ...
Patients with dementia are more likely to experience a broad range of worse outcomes after high-risk surgeries compared to those without dementia, according to a study published by the Journal of the ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — The combination of a recently approved blood test for detection of Alzheimer’s disease combined with two medications that slow progression of the disease is drastically improving ...