Mentally ill need more consideration in disaster preparedness efforts, researchers say
May 26, 2011
When planning disaster-response programs, organizers often overlook the needs of individuals with mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, addiction and bipolar disorder, bioethicists say.
Singing show tunes combats dementia: study
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2013
Long-term care operators might want to add show-tune sing-alongs to their dementia care plans, new research suggests.
Who needs sleep? Not seniors (at least not much), studies find
Jun 11, 2009
Two different studies presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggest the following: most seniors aren’t sleeping well, and sleep deprivation doesn’t...
Study: No racial disparity in life expectancy for dementia
Jun 10, 2009
Although previous studies have indicated that blacks with dementia tend to live longer than whites with the disease, a new study finds that the condition decreases life expectancy equally among the races.
Study: Alzheimer’s drugs should be more widely used
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 09, 2012
Alzheimer’s medications typically used only in early stages of the disease can be more useful in later, more severe stages of dementia than previously thought, a new study suggests.
How one SNF landed AHCA’s top distinction
By
Tom Boyes
Oct 08, 2014
This year, our Altercare of Louisville Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing became the first center in Ohio to earn the American Healthcare Association and National Center for Assisted Living’s...
Humanizing and changing dementia care
By
Karen Love and Jackie Pinkowitz
Aug 06, 2012
A new effort known as the Dementia Initiative germinated from the belief that there is a moral and ethical societal imperative to view and understand people living with dementia as whole beings, and not...
App tracks dementia day to day
By
Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
Getting insight into the daily life of someone with dementia often is a difficult goal for family members who are not nearby. There’s now help in the form of a smartphone application conceived by...
Antipsychotic use tied to acute kidney injury, increasing pressure on nursing home reduction efforts
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 20, 2014
Older people who take antipsychotic medications are at a markedly increased risk of acute kidney injury, according to newly published research findings out of Canada. The study further supports ongoing...
Familial versions of Alzheimer’s could be detected two decades before symptoms start, research...
Jul 25, 2011
Inheritable types of Alzheimer’s disease could be detectable up to 20 years before the onset of memory and cognition problems, new research suggests.