Dementia care can be emotionally and physically taxing, with traditional strategies often feeling rigid and limiting. The Improving Care Through Improv program—created and organized by experts from ...

Innovative training program for dementia home caregivers calls for a team-based approach. Team-centered training is the foundation of an innovative new training program designed to help home care ...

Dementia changes everything. This means that we need to change everything we do in order to keep everyone, residents and staff, safe and in a setting where they can shine. Dementia is extremely ...

BASTROP, Texas — As people across the U.S. maneuver through their second year of new routines and a new way of living life due to the pandemic, many more people are taking on the responsibility of ...

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 ...

Four Meritus Health employees recently completed Dementia Friends training through Dementia Friendly Washington County. The session was led by Training Champions Steven Luber and Amanda Crawford. The ...

Johnson, chair of Emory University Family and Preventive Medicine, is the program co-director of the Emory University Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. My cousin and I were signing my aunt out ...

A scheme in Surrey aimed at improving access to dementia care and upskilling care home staff has been called "the first of its kind in the UK" by Surrey County Council (SCC). Two Admiral Nurses, ...

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 ...

What Is the Cost of In-Home Dementia Care? The national median cost for in-home dementia care is $33 per hour. Monthly rates range from $2,145 for 15 hours per week to $6,292 for 40 hours per week.

Life ended for Thomas Botelho when he was infected with the coronavirus at Paradise Care Cottage and later died on Aug. 4 at the assisted-living facility from complications of COVID-19 and dementia.