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• Dementia Patients Are More Likely To End Up in Low-Quality Nursing Homes: Study

  November 8, 2024

  Michael Adams

  Although higher quality nursing homes are generally able to provide better care, new research suggests that these facilities are less likely to admit dementia patients, who are particularly vulnerable to nursing home neglect.

• Nursing Homes Are Not Side-Stepping Restrictions on Use of Antipsychotics as Chemical Restraints: Study

  September 5, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Since federal regulators began cracking down on the unnecessary use of antipsychotics in nursing homes, new research suggests that facilities are not trying to diagnose dementia patients with mental health conditions in order to use the drugs as chemical restraints.

• Antipsychotics Linked to Heart Failure, Stroke, Other Health Risks in Dementia Patients: Study

  May 3, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that giving antipsychotics to dementia patients, a practice known as "chemical restraint" carries a wide range of health risks, including life-threatening conditions like heart attacks, strokes and pneumonia.

• Growth Hormone Treatment May Have Transmitted Alzheimer’s to Children, Study Warns

  February 1, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new study warns that contaminated growth hormone treatments may have spread Alzheimer's disease to children, in the first study to find that the cognitive disease may be transmissible.

• Improving Nursing Home Dementia Care Requires More Than Just Additional Staffing: Study

  January 16, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals that specialized training and other improvements, not just staffing levels, are needed to adequately care for nursing home dementia patients in the U.S.

• Estrogen Use Linked to Increased Dementia Risks: Study

  December 28, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study links estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy used to combat symptoms of menopause with an increased risk of dementia.

• Reducing Pollution Emissions May Decrease Life-Long Dementia Risks: Study

  August 18, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study links exposure to particulate matter air pollution to an increased risk of dementia later in life.

• Many Older Drivers Stay Behind the Wheel Despite Cognitive Impairments: Study

  August 16, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that nearly two-thirds of older drivers with cognitive impairments continue to get behind the wheel, putting them at an increased risk of an auto accident.

• Dementia Risk Linked to Nexium, Prilosec, Similar Heartburn Drugs After Long-Term Use: Study

  August 11, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study warns that long-term use of Nexium, Prilosec and similar PPI drugs may increase the risk of dementia.

• State-Owned Nursing Home Lawsuit Over Violation of Dementia Patient’s Rights Allowed: Supreme Court

  June 9, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to sue state-owned nursing homes in a wrongful death lawsuit over the alleged use of chemical restraints which allegedly led to a resident's death.