Tag Archives: dementia
Human rights of patients breached by nursing home
DUBLIN: A nursing home patient was bed-bound for almost four months, health watchdog inspectors have found.
They uncovered a number of failings, raising concerns over the hygiene care provided to residents and a failure to report an assault by one resident on another that had Read More »
Dementia sufferers start losing their memory up to three years before disease takes hold
LOS ANGELES: A study of 2,000 elderly people monitored for more than 10 years found that those who developed dementia began to lose an awareness of their own memory abilities several years before being diagnosed.
In addition to taking memory tests, the participants were asked how Read More »
Research reveals why older adults who undergo general anaesthesia experience postoperative delirium
DALLAS: Newly published research from the Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine explains why up to half of older adults who undergo general anaesthesia develop postoperative delirium – the sudden onset of confusion, aggression or agitated behaviour that Read More »
Dementia detection research a personal mission for PhD student
DALLAS: A University of Manchester PhD student has used MR scans in a new way to detect the devastating form of dementia that affected her late husband, raising the possibility of earlier diagnosis.
Helen Beaumont’s husband, Clive was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) aged 45 Read More »