A comprehensive study of California’s In-Home Supportive Services program found that specialized dementia training significantly improved home care workers’ knowledge and confidence when caring for ...

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, ...

No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...

INDIANAPOLIS – No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which ...

Nursing home workers should be trained to provide specific care for dementia patients, whose presence in nursing homes is growing, according to new research. The study, published in Health Affairs on ...

Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice is offering training to help caregivers experience daily tasks through the eyes of a person ...

The number of Americans over the age of 65 is rising quickly. In the past century, it has grown at nearly five times the rate of the rest of the population and is now approaching 60 million people.

Additional staffing alone will not be sufficient to bridge the quality-of-care and health outcome disparities among nursing home facilities with varying percentages of residents with dementia, ...

Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked ...

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.

Jill Malpass, registered manager at Home Instead Exeter and East Devon, said: "We are incredibly honoured to receive this ...

The man was found in the middle of the night with a bloody face, bloody clothes and no pants, in the front yard of a house in Jacksonville that wasn’t his. A 2017 report from the Centers for Medicare ...