Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive no measurable differences in end-of-life care whether they are in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or traditional Medicare, according to a new study ...

Almost all community-dwelling older adults with advanced dementia in Singapore had at least one potentially burdensome intervention in their last year of life, according to a November article ...

Six specific midlife depression symptoms were linked with higher dementia risk, according to prospective data. These symptoms included loss of confidence and problem-solving difficulties. Associations ...

Life is full of developmental stages, from prenatal to early childhood, adolescence, and middle and late adulthood. What’s often left out of the equation is death and dying, according to Karen Wyatt, ...

Here’s what to know about the other main types and how they affect the brain. By Dana G. Smith Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In ...

Researchers looked at 30 depression symptoms in middle-aged people to see if any were associated with dementia later in life. They found six that stood out. A recent study linked certain symptoms of ...