Dementia Management
Dementia care practice recommendations for assisted living residences and nursing homes chart.
Dementia care practice recommendations for assisted living residences and nursing homes chart.
This study looks at how the lack of awareness (anosognosia) of memory impairment evolves in the trajectory of Alzheimer disease.
This systematic review identified studies related to late-onset epilepsy (LOE) to investigate the association between LOE and subsequent stroke and Alzheimer dementia.
Researchers analyzed data from the population of 4 South London boroughs to determine the impact of comorbid bipolar disorder and schizophrenia on the cognitive decline in dementia.
Dementia and epilepsy have a bi-directional relationship as either condition has approximately a 2-fold probability of developing the other.
Degradation of the glymphatic system over time due to age and sleep disturbance may be associated with neurodegenerative dementias.
The investigational treatment, which is administered as a monthly intravenous infusion, binds to aggregated β-amyloid and promotes removal of amyloid from the brain.
Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop vascular dementia and nonvascular dementia compared with controls without diabetes.
A history of alcohol-induced loss of consciousness is associated with a significant increase in the risk for dementia, irrespective of the overall alcohol consumption.
In patients with dementia, pain is a correlate or prodromal symptom rather than a direct cause of dementia.