Dementia causes a high burden of suffering to patients and their families. For the patients, it leads to increased dependency and complicates other co-morbid conditions. [5] For the families, caring ...
Dr. Camardi: I am writing you because I need some clarification of the diagnosis of dementia and I need to offer you an apology. Me and my brother brought our father to you last month because we did ...
A study over two decades has found that six symptoms of depression may be early indicators of dementia. With close to one ...
New research shows that increasing physical activity between ages 45 and 65 may reduce dementia risk and strengthen ...
A new study, The National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS), sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, will solicit information from caregivers to examine workforce dynamics, training and job ...
Perhaps not surprisingly, the scientists found that, for every cognitively challenging activity performed one day a week, ...
Researchers found that the incidence rate for all causes of dementia in people age 90 and older is 18.2 percent annually and significantly increases with age in both men and women. University of ...
As the information from EDQ was collected both from patients and informants, it is postulated that the recall was more accurate hence the higher prevalence obtained. This study was cross sectional ...