Needless Suffering in Dementia Patients
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Dementia patients suffer dubious hospitalizations
maysville-online.com — “One-fifth of Medicare nursing home patients with advanced Alzheimer's or other dementias were sent to hospitals or other nursing homes” View full resource at maysville-online.com
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Late-Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary
webmd.com — “Patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease or other age-related dementias often suffer unnecessarily near the end of life probably because their condition is not recognized as fatal, researchers say.” View full resource at webmd.com
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The Associated Press: Dementia patients suffer dubious hospitalizations
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Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium
medicalnewstoday.com — “Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.Delirium is prevalent in” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Cuts to 'chemical cosh' for dementia sufferers - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk — “Dementia patients will only be given a so-called ‘chemical cosh’ as a last resort under a new strategy designed to tackle soaring numbers of Scots developing the syndrome.” View full resource at telegraph.co.uk
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Caregivers of dementia patients may also suffer cognitive decline - Related Stories - ANA SmartBrief
smartbrief.com — “Spouse caregivers of patients with dementia had a higher risk of cognitive problems themselves, which could affect their quality of life and ability to care for their spouse, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers attributed the increased risk to factors--” View full resource at smartbrief.com
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Living with a dementia sufferer may affect spouse
news-medical.net — “In a new study researchers have revealed that partners of patients suffering from dementia or degeneration of memory and other mental faculties are six times more likely to develop the condition themselves.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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For Sufferers Of An Early-Onset Dementia, Career Choice May Determine Location Of Disease In Brain
medicalnewstoday.com — “In an international study of patients with a devastating type of dementia that often strikes in middle age, researchers have found intriguing evidence that career choice may influence where the d” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Dementia Patients Unsatisfied By Caregivers | ThirdAge
thirdage.com — “Dementia patients are too often frustrated by caregivers who fail to understand what is important to those who suffer through mild to moderate dementia according to a new study.” View full resource at thirdage.com
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Marie Marley: Who Suffers More: Alzheimer's Patients or Their Caregivers?
huffingtonpost.com — “To help reduce your distress the next time your loved one is distressed, try to remain aware that people with dementia live only in the present. That way you can end your suffering as quickly as your loved one does, and then you can both move on to something more pleasant.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
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Alzheimers sufferers to quadruple
news.smh.com.au — “Alzheimers sufferers to quadruple” View full resource at news.smh.com.au
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#Victoria has been warned to prepare for quadrupling of #dementia patients by 2050 as #boomers age http://ow.ly/1N8Am #Alzheimers #Australia
Hospitals Can Improve Care For Patients With Dementia Without Rising Costs, UK
medicalnewstoday.com — “The report, Acute awareness: Improving hospital care for people with dementia, highlights the changes that can be made to improve the quality of care patients receive in acute hospitals wit” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Alzheimer's patients suffering in silence - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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For sufferers of an early-onset dementia, career choice may determine location of disease in brain
labspaces.net — “In an international study of patients with a devastating type of dementia that often strikes in middle age, researchers have found intriguing evidence that career choice may influence where the disease takes root in the brain.” View full resource at labspaces.net
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Computer program could help dementia patients manage their disease
news-medical.net — “Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict where and approximately when an individual patient's brain will suffer from the spread, neuron to neuron, of "prion-like" toxic proteins -- a process they say underlies all forms of dementia.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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