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 homes are rated in part on how often they use antipsychotic drugs. If a patient has schizophrenia, it doesn’t count ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Excess” deaths among Alzheimer disease and related dementia patients dropped by 77% in the second year of the pandemic, leading researchers to suggest that the better care offered in nursing homes ...

IBX and Jefferson target earlier dementia diagnosis, support caregivers and use AI data to keep patients safely at home and ...

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

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.

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 ...

An estimated 3,100 people in Wolverhampton have been diagnosed with dementia.

False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called ...