These Settings Aren’t Real. But for Dementia Patients, What Is?
Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even infantilizing.
Integrating palliative and dementia care can cut emergency visits and hospitalizations in half
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their ...
Varying dementia care approaches found to not significantly affect patient behavioral symptoms or caregiver strain
New research comparing different approaches to dementia care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias found no ...
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Essen Health Care Selected to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model
Essen Health Care announced that it is participating in the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, an ...
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JAMA study integrates palliative and dementia care for patients and caregivers
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their caregivers, cut in half the number of emergency department visits and ...
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No differences between dementia care approaches on patient behavioral symptoms or caregiver strain
Higher self-efficacy may lead to obtaining more resources and keeping persons with dementia in their homes ... routine care in reducing caregiver strain or managing patient behaviors, these ...
Dementia care program in Aurora earns national distinction
An assisted living facility with distinguished Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care in Aurora has received national ...
Lower life expectancy for dementia patients
A study looks at how long people live and how long before they enter a nursing home after a dementia diagnosis.
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New study compares dementia care approaches and the impact on caregivers
New research comparing different approaches to dementia care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias found no ...
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Palliative care slashes ED visits, hospitalizations in people living at home with dementia: study
A program that provides palliative care to people with dementia and their caregivers lowered the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations by approximately half in about a year, a new ...
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UMich study finds most people with dementia are unaware of their diagnosis
A recent Michigan Medicine study stemming from the BASIC Cognitive project suggests most dementia patients are unaware of their diagnosis.