In 2010, Miami-Dade County commissioners overruled plans made by the hospital’s governing body to shutter the hospital’s ward.

This bill would help ensure that people with dementia get the support they need during hospital stays and beyond.

Shawnae Blandford, a Banner employee and SPECAL coach, will implement the method within the hospital setting, the release said. “Dementia Together has allowed Banner clinicians to elevate their care ...

Ward Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed Critical Access facility with a Level IV trauma-designated Emergency Department, serves a broad rural population in West Texas.

A family is suing an Auburn hospital after they said their loved one with severe dementia went missing overnight without anyone noticing he was gone.

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The Tacoma-based health care system is under fire after a Pierce County man disappeared from a hospital and wandered overnight for several hours.

A study published in JAMA Neurology examined the association between cannabis use and dementia risk. The study indicated that individuals whose cannabis use resulted in an emergency department (ED) ...

Researchers have identified 17 risk factors that contribute to the chance of developing stroke, dementia or depression later in life — conditions that can share an underlying mechanism of damage ...

4. Many older patients with dementia enter the ED looking for a psychiatric evaluation, and patients and their families reported it was common to wait for hours before being seen. 5.

Experts also warn the boarding issue will worsen as the number of people 65 and older in the U.S. with dementia grows in the coming decades. Hospital bed capacity in the U.S. may not keep up. Between ...