Alone with dementia: Solo adults often slip through caregiving cracks
It’s estimated that at least 4.3 million people 55 or older in the United States with cognitive impairment or dementia live ...
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Large Neuropathology GWAS Finds Four New Dementia Genes
Michael Belloy at Washington University in St. Louis noted that the findings could help distinguish between genes that directly affect pathology, and those that instead help maintain cognition in the ...
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Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves
In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia alone often fall ...
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October is National Lewy Body Dementia Month
TOLEDO, OH, Oct. 17, 2024—1.4 million people nationwide live with Lewy body dementia (LBD) according to the Lewy Body ...
"Sundowning" Is The One Dementia Symptom We Really Need To Discuss More
During certain times of the day, some people with dementia may become more confused and disoriented. Referred to by ...
What are the main types of dementia? As new technique could ‘revolutionise’ how disease is diagnosed
Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia are the four main types.