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Study compared baseline sleep data with MRI scans taken years later Having more 'poor sleep characteristics' linked to dementia development Daytime sleepiness, early morning wakeups are two ...

At the nursing facility where I worked, we had a unique experience involving a patient with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease ...

Joy because the packed hall was one giant singalong. Genius because of extraordinary piano performances. The Dementia Friendly Choir, based in Freshwater, hosted a café-style evening in which the ...

Older adults with dementia and other cognitive impairments tend to experience longer stays in hospital, a challenge that an innovative program is aiming to address through individualized, ...

He spends up to 20 hours a week volunteering, at a restaurant, a food bank, a museum and Dementia Friendly Fort Worth. Still, West knows that his illness will progress and that this period of ...

The study did not establish a broader link between walking speed and the risk of dementia. It found that those who slowed down but did not already show signs of cognitive decline had a similar ...

A recent study has indicated that in older adults, slower walking pace could serve as an early indicator of dementia. The research conducted ... 05 meters per second in walking speed, exhibited the ...

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults ... and Public Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical ...

She is a graduate of the Foothills Hospital School of ... neuropsychology of aging and dementia. Belleville has contributed to a better understanding of the neuropsychological deficits found in ...