Alzheimer’s

On June 21, the home care industry joined with other aging services providers to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day initiative.

During her years as a clinical social worker in St. Louis, Melinda Kavanaugh noticed something striking when she visited the homes of patients suffering from ALS, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s...

Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging said a form of dementia discovered three years ago could be prevalent in 40% of older adults and up to 50% in Alzheimer’s patients.

Researchers from three U.S. universities and the Regenstrief Institute are developing and testing an app, Helping the Helpers, to help caregivers manage medications for dementia patients and other patients...

Through goggles, headphones and gloves, the house allows visitors to experience how someone lives with the disease’s alterations to their sight, sound and touch. 

Synergy HomeCare is betting comprehensive memory care training to deal with Alzheimer’s patients could give it a leg up on caregiver recruitment

More than one third of Alzheimer’s cases were tied to eight modifiable risks, according to a new study from a team of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles and UC San Francisco. 

A new smartphone app is peering into the eyes of patients to determine if they might have Alzheimer’s disease or other neurological disorders.  

Frequent, unsubtle symptoms have a big impact on the patient quality of life, but are often unreported in primary care, investigators report.

A healthy lifestyle can go a long way to adding years to your life, but it might not help those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.