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Illinois has become the first state to legislatively enact a requirement for state employee health insurance to provide Alzheimer’s treatment coverage.

Senior living and other long-term care providers looking to launch their own dementia care training programs now can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association, which was just named the world’s first Project...

Social isolation and loneliness gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic and with a US Surgeon General’s advisory released last year, leading to new programs and ways to address the public health...

First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their caregivers.

Mental health visits for assisted living residents living with dementia dropped as the pandemic set in, a new study finds.

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology was held this year from April 13 to 18 in Denver, drawing participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals,...

Risks increased for stroke, venous thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia and acute kidney injury.

Participants in a high versus low routine task intensity group had a higher risk for mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...

A smartphone app with memory tests did just as well detecting MCI as when seniors took an in-person medical examination, new research shows.