A Wisconsin-based nonprofit hospice, Agrace, is launching a new memory care initiative that includes a village for residents ...

The authors explored hospice clinician and caregiver perspectives on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and their management. BPSD are common and challenging, impacting both ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been framed as a one‑way slide, a slow erasure of memory that medicine could at best ...

When her mother was diagnosed after several years of illness with posterior cortical atrophy — a rare, terminal form of Alzheimer's that progressively disrupts complex visual processing — Melinda ...

Newly prescribed benzodiazepines or antipsychotics were tied to higher mortality for dementia patients in hospice. The drugs were started a median of 3 days after hospice enrollment and the mean stay ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and the number of Americans living with it is growing fast. According to the Alzheimer's Association, right now more than ...

There comes a time when we may be faced with the decision to choose hospice care for a loved one. Choosing hospice means focusing on quality of life rather than quantity of life — seeking comfort, ...