EHR-driven identification and outreach target older adults at high risk for cognitive impairment, addressing evidence that most mild cognitive impairment remains undetected in primary care. Community ...

We know very little about the incidence of pain among the elderly in nursing homes. In Norway, no requirement is in place for pain to be assessed before or during nursing home admission, nor once a ...

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

A UAB study validates a rigorous expert panel method as a reliable gold standard for measuring delirium severity in patients with and without dementia, supporting future clinical tools and advancing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joan Lyon was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2023 [BBC] Speaking to almost 100 first-year nursing and paramedic students, Joan Lyon ...

A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped to help skilled nursing facilities deliver palliative care to ...

No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...

Many elderly people experience pain and regularly take analgesic medication. Pain is also frequent in people with dementia, particularly those with severe disease. As no robust clinical guidelines are ...

The analysis found that physician performance varied widely across U.S. states, with Alaska the poorest-performing state, where 80% of doctors failed to screen dementia patients annually. Other poor ...

Speaking to almost 100 first-year nursing and paramedic students, Joan Lyon has her young audience in the palm of her hand. But Joan is not a university lecturer - she is a 75-year-old grandmother ...