Alzheimer's patients might also lose their memory of smell and can have an impaired sense of scent recognition. This can result in behavioral changes. For example, if food starts to smell malodorous, this can cause the person to think the food is rotten, potentially leading to malnutrition. ...
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Alzheimer’s disease is a terminal brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory and reasoning abilities, as well as other cognitive changes. Not all memory loss indicates Alzheimer’s disease. Nonetheless, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, which affects approximately...
THE COVID virus and humanity have passed their four-year anniversary. And while we’re not close to breaking up yet, we’re at least learning how to cohabitate. (Just don’t hold your breath for a declaration of love.) The good news? In the U.S. and around the world, death rates...
York University researchers say a simple test that combines thinking and movement can help to detect heightened risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in a person, even before there are any telltale behavioural signs of dementia. Faculty of Health Professor Lauren Sergio and PhD candidate Kara Hawk...
“So many people deal with mental decline and memory issues,” says Bhanote. “Omega-3’s help protect the brain as we get older.” Not only can they help give your memory a boost, but they can also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, she adds (9,10). ...
“Is it dementia that should determine where he’s going to live or is it quality of life? It’s maybe more important that he’s here where he knows the staff and his neighbors and the environment and the area. Yes, that’s maybe more important.” (Member of staff, group home, fema...
Sundowning is most likely to affect people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. But older adults without dementia sometimes develop it in the hospital. The lack of sensory stimulation in a hospital room can make people disoriented. ...
Methods A cohort of 11,106 patients with dementia in Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia or a combination was assembled from a large dementia care health records database in South East London. A natural language processing algorithm was devised in order to establish the presence of motor signs...