These Settings Aren’t Real. But for Dementia Patients, What Is?
Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even ...
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Machine learning tool feasible for detecting agitation in dementia
An interpretive machine learning model may be a feasible method for measuring agitation in dementia as well as in predicting ...
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Device trial to help protect people with dementia
A pocket-sized tracking device is being trialled in West Yorkshire to help protect people living with dementia. The small trackers are being handed out by West Yorkshire Police to residents who ...
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US dementia cases predicted to double by 2060 — here’s who is most at risk
Coresh’s team analyzed over three decades of data from nearly 16,000 participants in a long-running study tracking ... s no cure for dementia but early detection can give patients and their ...
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Safeguarding Finances While Caring for Dementia Patients
Dementia impacts financial capacity—a person’s ability to independently manage their financial affairs, such as tracking bank statements, paying bills, and investing. All of these financial ...
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Pottsville students create QR code trackers for dementia care
First-year EAST students in 7th grade at Pottsville Junior High School presented QR Code tracking devices they created to help caregivers locate loved ones who may be experiencing symptoms of ...
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Lower life expectancy for dementia patients
The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from about two ... on individualised prognosis should ideally include patients at time of diagnosis, accounting for personal ...