Her name was Martha, and she was one of the few neighbors on the street I didn’t meet. This is something that does haunt me a bit. A missed opportunity to ...

A local authority (also known as local council) has a duty to assess the care needs of a person with dementia. This page looks at how someone with dementia can get a care assessment including the ...

This is the first year of a 3-year campaign focused on person-centered care. World Cancer Day will be observed Feb. 4. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) created World Cancer Day in ...

What does a people-centered ... health care remotely, providing medical services over great distances without the individual having to visit a healthcare center and see a physician in person.

Read more about how people in Wales with dementia ... a person centred approach. Respite services for people affected by dementia, including their carers and wider family support networks to be ...

Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the National Institute on Aging, the D-CARE study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two established dementia care approaches to ...

If someone with dementia has severe symptoms that put their health and safety at risk or a caregiver is unable to cope, a care home may be necessary. A person with dementia may require a care home ...

Conference Chair Catarina Wallengren summarizes the Learning About Person-centred Care (LearnPCC) conference. The organizing committee would like to share some insights and highlights from LearnPCC, ...

This story first appeared in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight ... after another family member has died, but the person with dementia had absolutely no emotional response to that ...

and how that can impact a person’s risk of developing dementia. 'Clinical trials will help to answer some of these questions in the context of dementia.' Dr Julia Dudley, head of research ...

A timely diagnosis can help the person and their family understand what form of dementia they have, how their symptoms affect them, and what they can do to manage them. “After noticing symptoms ...

This story first appeared in How We Care ... people with dementia? Fisher: Some families will bring a loved one to our clinic after another family member has died, but the person with dementia ...