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Benzodiazepines, Antipsychotics Raise Mortality Risk for Some Dementia Patients

O lder adults with Alzheimer's disease or dementia who were newly prescribed benzodiazepines or antipsychotic drugs in ...
The Manhattan Mercury

Common Hospice Meds Increase Death Risk For Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients

Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics given to hospice patients with dementia appear to increase their risk of earlier death, ...

Common hospice medications linked to higher risk of death in people with dementia

Hospice care aims to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to patients at the end of life. Yet for the growing number of ...

Managing a loved one’s Alzheimer’s? Experts at South Florida event will give tips

More than 580,000 people in Florida are living with Alzheimer’s, a figure expected to grow as Florida continues to see an aging population.
AOL

Lifechanging study restores brain function for Alzheimer’s patients

The brain runs on energy. Every thought, memory, or emotion sparks countless signals between nerve cells. That communication demands a steady, powerful fuel supply. Without it, the system breaks down.
Daily Herald

‘A sense of comfort and peace’: How some suburban care facilities are using doll therapy for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients

About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll, hoping it would relieve some agitation. “She never put it down,” Bekin said. Bekin ...