Dementia: Types, Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment Document List

Dementia Publications - (31 Articles)

• Guide to Understanding Dementia - Through Their Eyes
  This helpful dementia guide offers in-depth content, that answers questions concerning sleeping patterns, medical support, funding including resources, and organizations to support those affected by dementia.
  Publish Date: 2016-11-25 - Updated: 2021-04-21

• Diabetes: Dementia and Aging
  Dementia effects people with poorly controlled diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart disease harder as these conditions increase risk for vascular dementia.
  Publish Date: 2016-01-07 - Updated: 2020-11-22

• Lewy Body Dementia: Symptoms, Causes, Tests, Treatments, Therapies
  General overview of Lewy body dementia, a disease that causes decline in mental abilities and visual hallucinations.
  Publish Date: 2015-11-05 - Updated: 2018-07-28

• Risk of Dementia in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment 400% Higher
  Study finds those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment had four-fold increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimers compared to cognitively healthy individuals.
  Publish Date: 2014-08-08 - Updated: 2021-11-18

• Dementia Patients Benefit from Holistic Exercise Sessions
  Pairing cognitive activities with physical movements helps patients and care-givers alike, according to Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies.
  Publish Date: 2014-05-24 - Updated: 2021-07-16

• Stem Cells Reverse Dementia
  After an activation and concentration process bone marrow stem cells were injected into the cerebral circulation.
  Publish Date: 2013-02-02 - Updated: 2016-04-25

• Making Decisions with Dementia
  People with dementia still like to be involved in decision-making but may look to their spouses for help with this process.
  Publish Date: 2011-09-29

• Alcohol May Help Prevent Dementia
  Evidence that light to moderate alcohol consumption may decrease the risk of cognitive decline or dementia.
  Publish Date: 2011-03-02 - Updated: 2015-11-18

• Dementia: Looking After Your Aging Brain
  The lengthening of the average life span in today's population has caused an increase in the prevalence of aging related disorders.
  Publish Date: 2011-02-23 - Updated: 2022-05-27

• Operation Makes Dementia Patients Smarter
  Researchers reveal that an operation can help patients with dementia caused by white matter changes and hydrocephalus..
  Publish Date: 2011-01-25 - Updated: 2022-06-23

• Problems Handling Money May be an Early Clue to Dementia
  Confusion over financial matters may be the most predictable early indication of diminishing capacity or dementia.
  Publish Date: 2010-12-26

• Guidance is Key to Improve Dementia Care
  Dementia is a critical health concern but are the current care services able to offer appropriate support.
  Publish Date: 2010-12-20

• Hospice Care Increasing for Nursing Home Patients with Dementia
  More nursing home patients with dementia are seeking hospice care and using it longer.
  Publish Date: 2010-12-15

• Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia
  Alzheimer's disease is not the only type of dementia. Two other forms are dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinsons' disease dementia.
  Publish Date: 2010-10-16 - Updated: 2023-01-29

• Link Between PTSD and Dementia
  Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder have greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD.
  Publish Date: 2010-09-02

• Obesity Associated with Dementia and Lower Brain Volume
  Excess abdominal fat places healthy middle-aged people at risk for dementia later in life.
  Publish Date: 2010-05-20 - Updated: 2010-10-11

• Dementia Takes Away Meaning of Flavor
  Processing of flavor information in patients with semantic dementia.
  Publish Date: 2010-05-10

• Ethical Guidelines for Dementia Needed
  How do we handle ethical dilemmas on adults who can not give their informed consent.
  Publish Date: 2010-03-29

• Dementia Expected to Become Epidemic in Elderly
  Dementia in extreme elderly population expected to become epidemic according to the 90+ study.
  Publish Date: 2010-02-24

• Dementia Disorder Hereditary
  New research shows that a rare brain disorder that causes early dementia is highly hereditary.
  Publish Date: 2009-11-02

• Communication Problems in Dementia Care
  Excessive physical strain in dementia care due to communication problems and misunderstandings.
  Publish Date: 2009-09-14

• Detecting Pain in People with Dementia
  The elderly who suffer from dementia are not able to say when something hurts or is sore.
  Publish Date: 2009-09-02 - Updated: 2010-01-17

• Frontotemporal Dementia: General Overview
  Frontotemporal Dementia describes a clinical syndrome associated with shrinking of the frontal and temporal anterior lobes of the brain.
  Publish Date: 2009-04-01 - Updated: 2023-01-28

• Abuse to People with Dementia by Family Carers Common
  Half of family carers of people with dementia report abusive behavior towards person they are caring for one third report significant levels of abuse.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-23 - Updated: 2010-09-28

• Seniors Universal Health Care and Dementia
  In spite of universal health care seniors in UK are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts in the US.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-15

• Causes of Dementia
  Many issues can cause dementia but the common thought is that brain cells do not get the nutrients or oxygen they need to maintain good mental functioning.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2013-06-16

• Symptoms of Dementia
  Symptoms of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible depending upon the etiology of the disease.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2010-10-16

• Alzheimer's a Type of Dementia
  Dementia is not defined as a disease but symptom types that result from neurological impairments caused by different diseases.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2010-10-16

• Dementia Facts and Statistics
  The statistics of dementia are staggering with an estimated 24 million people living with some form of dementia worldwide.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2017-05-17

• Dementia and Functional Abilities in Seniors
  Dementia in the elderly can produce deficits in functional abilities which affect their independence and safety.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2016-04-25

• 1.7 Million in UK Will Have Dementia by 2051
  Current dementia statistics in the UK shows the costs for looking after people with dementia will cost billions each year.
  Publish Date: 2009-01-05 - Updated: 2021-02-25