Dementia patients are given antipsychotics, which FDA warns may increase the risk for deat ...

Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

Nursing home workers should be trained to provide specific care for dementia patients, whose presence in nursing homes is growing, according to new research. The study, published in Health Affairs on ...

What families need to know about a renewed debate over rules for nursing homes that sedate dementia patients.

Landmark review of NHS dementia care reveals 'culture of containment' where patients are drugged and prevented from leaving ...

Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons. Jeffrey Dowd had been an auto mechanic who ran a dog rescue and ...

IBX and Jefferson target earlier dementia diagnosis, support caregivers and use AI data to keep patients safely at home and cut costs in new dementia care program. Efforts to detect dementia earlier ...

Casey Shively holds a photo of a family ski trip with his sister, Katie, and his father, Dan, in 1996. Dan Shively died in a memory care home after being violently attacked by another resident.

There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers. Unlike support ...

This article was originally featured on KHN. There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with ...

For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience - one that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a ...

False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.