Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked ...

WHEELING, W.Va. — Did you know Alzheimer's Disease claims more lives than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined? During the last four days, Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling raised $2,000 ...

How do you choose the right nursing home for a parent? It is better to have a proactive approach in choosing a long-term care option for a parent, so that decisions can be made before the need arises.

Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans. This is the promise of scientists from the Salk Institute for ...

Nursing students from Fortis Institute have joined the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Team at Allied Services Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scranton. For the past two years, Allied’s Memory ...

—Managing agitation in nursing home patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias could be improved by augmenting Minimum Data Set data with information from electronic medical records.

MSU-Meridian Master of Science in Nursing students pose for a photo in Dumont Plaza after volunteering at the Paint the Plaza Purple community event to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s. Pictured are Amy ...

Alzheimer’s decline could be predicted with a simple blood test already offered to those at risk of type 2 diabetes. The disease is the most common type of dementia, with symptoms including confusion, ...