The contribution of nearly 700 Catholic religious sisters to a “groundbreaking” decades-long study on Alzheimer’s and dementia continues to offer important information for maintaining “cognitive ...

An Illinois continuing care retirement community has fired a certified nursing assistant for slapping a resident’s baby doll. The incident at the St. Vincent’s Home, in Quincy, first occurred in June, ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – More than 110,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s disease in Tennessee. Sometimes knowing the early signs and symptoms can be difficult. Grant money at Walters State ...

Close your eyes. Muffle your ears. Lay down to sleep. Then imagine you are shaken awake and told to get up for the day. You need your glasses, your hearing aids, your robe and your slippers, along ...

EXPORT, Pa. — The case against a now-former certified nursing assistant accused of prying open the hands of a dementia patient who was in her care to steal her rings and sell them at a local pawn shop ...

A Springfield certified nursing assistant (CNA) who was caught on camera pushing an elderly Alzheimer’s patient out of her chair and aggressively dragging her across a floor pleaded guilty to abuse ...

A second round of federal grant funding to the University of Oklahoma will allow the school to expand its work with rural and tribal nursing home employees caring for residents diagnosed with dementia ...

A Springfield home health aide, who was licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant, has been charged in connection with a home surveillance video that allegedly showed her pushing a 91-year-old ...

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 92, filed a motion in a Massachusetts court claiming he is “legally incompetent” to stand trial for sex abuse charges, citing “significant, worsening, and ...

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Tuesday, April 21, that it is lawful for doctors to euthanize patients with severe dementia, provided that the patient had expressed a desire to be ...