Significant support and follow-up’ may be necessary for older patients to implement their care plans, according to a ...

But it’s also possible that the reverse is true: instead of technology use staving off dementia, early experiences of cognitive decline could decrease older adults’ likelihood of engaging with ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Middle-aged and older adults who sought hospital or emergency room care because of cannabis use were almost twice as likely to develop dementia over the next five years ...

Tracking lipid variability may be a reliable method of predicting dementia and cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults, according to new research from Neurology. “Dementia and ...

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older ... It is not routine practice to perform cognitive screening for older adults who experience a fall, according ...

Maren Levad, Trellis Dementia Friendly Initiatives program ... nonprofit focused on fostering meaningful connections for older adults, have an intimate understanding of those troubling connections ...

Dementia is a devastating disease that impacts one in 10 older Americans. But while many people want to avoid developing dementia, the exact causes of the condition have remained largely a mystery.

Older adults who experience falls are at a higher risk of developing dementia within a year. The study found that 10.6% of patients who fell were diagnosed with dementia compared with 6.1% with ...

Nearly 11% of older adults with an injurious fall were diagnosed with dementia 1 year later. Compared with other traumatic injuries, falls were tied to a 21% increased risk of a subsequent ...

To address the high prevalence of firearm ownership among veterans, VHA clinics that serve large numbers of older adults with dementia could implement routine screening for firearm ownership and ...