Report: Self-fit OTC hearing aids have similar long-term benefits as audiologist-fit aids … Virtual reality game puts positive spin on gait training … Scent impairments may increase with frailty, study...
Study probes bouts of lucidity among those with dementia
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 09, 2024
A recent study published in The Gerontologist sheds light on a phenomenon that many caregivers of seniors with severe dementia have witnessed: moments of unexpected clarity or recognition, often called...
Managing care of residents with dementia? There’s an app for that
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2019
A dementia care app for residents and LTC community managers has won top prize in a tech competition sponsored by the NIA.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, June 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 25, 2019
Drug combo may combat deadly candida auris … Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted research progress for decades … Can deprescribing drugs reduce dementia risk? … NIH study: Optimal threshold for diagnosing...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, October 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2019
New publication spotlights care for dementia-related psychosis … Drug has potential to treat heart attacks …. Statins may lower risk of post-stroke cognitive impairment … NIA to spend $73M to...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 20
Nov 20, 2023
New study highlights urgent need for specific biomarkers in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia diagnosis … $3.9 million NIH grant supports research on effects of integrated palliative care on...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2022
Supreme Court grills attorneys over worker COVID-19 vaccination mandates … FDA shortens booster interval for Moderna vaccine to five months … Dementia prevalence estimated to increase to 152 million...
Intrinsic capacity assessments promote healthy aging: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 29, 2023
Focusing on older adults’ mental and physical capacities could be more effective than disease management in promoting healthy aging, investigators contend.
New study links sarcopenic obesity to dementia; experts call for preventive action
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 26, 2022
Obesity with decreased muscle mass and function is prevalent in older adults and is tied to a high risk of dementia, researchers say.