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Dementia was widely misunderstood for many years, leading to poor standards of care and comprehension of patients with conditions like Alzheimer’s. However, in recent times, there’s been a big ...

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In 2019, the Milken Institute identified a half-dozen coordinated care delivery programs for people living with dementia. Each is somewhat different but all show the promise of improving the lives ...

As dementia progresses, a person may need more intensive treatment and even 24/7 care. Medicare Part A can cover the first 100 days of a person’s stay in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).

Medical care for people with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia in the U.S. — an estimated 7.2 million individuals, most of them seniors — is widely acknowledged to be fragmented ...

Some of these programs, known as “comprehensive dementia care,” also employ coaches or navigators who help assess patients’ and caregivers’ needs, develop individualized care plans ...

Like Mr. Hackman, about seven million Americans have Alzheimer’s, a type of dementia, and their family members, like his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, often help care for them as the disease progresses.

Michael S. Smith Eugene, Ore. A version of this article appears in print on , Section SR, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: End-of-Life Care Decisions For Patients With Dementia.

Dementia has no cure. But there’s hope for better care. Cases of dementia are rising around the world, and caregivers are struggling. But families and experts are coming up with new ways to look ...

The risk of dementia among those who needed acute care due to cannabis use was lower than that of people who needed acute care due to alcohol use (adjusted HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.62-0.76).