NEW ORLEANS: An interdisciplinary pilot program effectively deals with behavioral disturbances arising from delirium, dementia, or other mental illnesses in hospitalized older adults ― while keeping both the patients and frontline clinicians safe, new research shows.

Within 2 years of implementing the Safe Patients/Safe Staff Read More »

BALTIMORE: A new creative reading initiative to aid dementia sufferers and their families in coping with memory has been created.

The ‘Storybox – Story Explorers’ sessions use poetry and stories to inspire creative activities such as music, creative writing and art.

The Storybox project emerged Read More »

OKLAHOMA CITY: A three-year trial is looking into the impact of the diabetic drug liraglutide on dementia.

Volunteers will either be given a year-long course of the drug or a placebo and brain scans and cognitive tests to measure whether the medication can reverse the Read More »

JACKSONVILLE: A study finds that grandmothers who take care of their grandchildren one day a week do better on cognitive tests than peers who mind grandkids more often, or not at all.

Researchers say the brain benefits from this form of ‘grandparenting’ may come not Read More »