A new website aims to give more support to people caring for older adults who are living with dementia. The online resource, the DICE Approach, offers free training in a comprehensive approach to ...

The Alzheimer’s Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter is offering a Savvy Caregiver class starting Aug. 23 at the Carson City Senior Center. This six-week course is designed to ...

When Emma Heming Willis received her husband Bruce's frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, the doctor handed her a pamphlet and told her to come back in a few months. "I walked out of that office ...

Angels on Call Homecare, the only healthcare provider in the United States holding dual accreditations in both dementia and Parkinson's care, has been named Best Employee Training Program in the 2026 ...

The International Caregivers Association is launching a training program to bring a new communication model for dementia care to professional long-term care caregivers. The training will provide the ...

There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers. Unlike support ...

A new mobile application in Singapore is taking an innovative approach to communications training for caregivers of people with dementia. The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), a tertiary psychiatric ...

In Hawaii, there are about 51,000 caregivers taking care of people with dementia. Those are the latest figures from The Alzheimer's Association for 2020. It's not an easy job, but a series of training ...

Improv and dementia may not seem like they go together, but there’s a growing body of research that shows how effective improv training is in helping caregivers better assist their patients. Caring ...

According to the Alzheimer's Association, each year more than 11 million Americans look after family or friends with various forms of dementia, unpaid and usually untrained. The lack of proper ...

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a collection of symptoms that affect a person’s thinking and social abilities enough to interfere with daily life. There are more than 55 ...

A new study has laid the groundwork for a future intervention designed to help caregivers establish a safe and workable mealtime routine for people with dementia living at home. For many people with ...