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There are plenty of reason you might feel off in the late afternoon and evening. Maybe you’re mentally wiped after socializing all day, or your brain is fried from hours of work. If you got up early, ...

Educating and spreading awareness can help reduce behaviors that propagate stigma and dehumanizing treatment of people with dementia.

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Usually affectionate, it was when Bruce Willis started to become indifferent to his family that his wife, Emma, started to worry about him. In her new book, The Unexpected Journey, she describes how, ...

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A new study has revealed that the cells lining our brain’s blood vessels play a more significant role in dementia than ...

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...