Showing posts with label violent dementia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label violent dementia. Show all posts
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Are senior citizens being overmedicated? – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

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Strong, antipsychotic drugs are being prescribed more often to senior citizens in U.S. nursing homes, setting off a debate about whether it...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Alzheimers Disease, Dementia & Senility, Direct (Bedside Nursing) Patient Care

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Friday, April 22, 2011

HealthNewsReview.org | Independent Expert Reviews of News Stories | Holding Health and Medical Journalism Accountable

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Like the NPR story we also reviewed, this story about revised guidance on diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease does a nice job of clearly disting...
Friday, April 15, 2011

The Alzheimer List, Washington University

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As Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University, I reluctantly have decided to phase out the Alzhei...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Hurting a nurse is a felony, New York State Law Passed

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Assaulting a nurse is now a Class D felony under New York state law. The Violence Against Nurses Law passed this week puts nurses into a pr...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Creative Storytelling Intervention Helps Dementia Patients | National Nursing News

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Participation in a creative storytelling intervention improves communications skills and demeanor in people with dementia, according to a s...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Online tool can help seniors determine risk for dementia | Johns Hopkins University - The Gazette

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A quick online assessment tool developed by Johns Hopkins researchers can help worried seniors find out if they are at risk of developing d...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Mass. aims to cut drug overuse for dementia - The Boston Globe

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State regulators and the Massachusetts nursing home industry are launching a campaign today to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychoti...