Nearly half of older adults with dementia experience falls, suggests new research that also identifies multiple risk factors for these falls. In a study of more than 5500 participants, 45.5% of those ...

Scientists have found a link between dementia risk and falls in older adults. fotostorm/Getty Images The retrospective cohort study, conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a ...

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults. That’s according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open last month. "This study quantifies a diagnostic ...

Think back to the last time you heard someone mention a fall—whether it was a friend who tripped on the stairs or a family member who slipped on a wet floor. Falls are often seen as minor mishaps, but ...

Dementia is a devastating disease that impacts one in 10 older Americans. But while many people want to avoid developing dementia, the exact causes of the condition have remained largely a mystery.

The moment Barbara Thompson found her mother lying motionless on the kitchen floor last spring, surrounded by scattered grocery bags and a broken drinking glass, she knew something had changed. Her ...

People living with dementia and their caregivers in socio-economically disadvantaged areas experience significant barriers in accessing and navigating primary care, a new study led by University of ...

Yet despite its scale, dementia continues to sit in the shadows of health policy – underfunded, misunderstood and ...