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Dementia Patient Charged In Death of Another Dementia Patient by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert suffered from dementia. Police Sgt. Mike Bogart said “We want to make sure that the victim’s family... To learn more about Alzheimer's and dementia visit the Alzheimer's Reading Room ...
Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor before death. The study involved 288 people with no dementia who were followed from age 70 to death... New research indicates that mental skills of older adults start declining years before death...
Antipsychotics Raise Death Risk in Dementia Patients by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert for dementia are at an increased risk of death. This Harvard Medical School study, the largest ever undertaken... Room Specific antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in elderly dementia patients...
Dementia, Premature Death from Anti-psychotic Drugs by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert and are often used unnecessarily to keep dementia sufferers quiet for over-worked staff. The drugs can increase the risk of death... over-prescription of anti-psychotic drugs to dementia patients in nursing homes. Alzheimer's Reading Room...
Double Stigma Around Dementia and Death by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert With Dementia’ . This is an interesting study that is well worth reading. The study contains lots of good... of the public want to die in their own homes, in 2010 only six per cent of people with dementia...
Dying from Dementia -- Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert of advanced dementia, a leading cause of death in the United States. Previous studies suggest that patients with advanced dementia are under-recognized as being at high risk of death and receive suboptimal palliative...
Hospitalized Alzheimer's Patient at Increased Risk for Cogitive Decline, Death by Anthony Cirillo Patient ExpertHealth Maven decline or death.   One in 16 passed away.   One is seven had to move to an institutionalized setting...
Woman Misdiagnosed with Dementia Dies When She Could Have Lived by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert Mary Kruger was misdiagnosed with dementia. She died from a brain tumor that was operable , Mary Kruger's death could have been prevented had the appropriate tests for dementia been administered...
Mike Wallace Dies of Dementia: What Will You Remember? by Carol O'Dell Patient Expert of dementia. He was 93 and  was a newscaster most known for anchoring 60 Minutes and in the media for over six decades. He’s a prime example that if you live long enough, you just might get dementia or Alzheimer’s...
Driving with Alzheimer's Can Mean Death by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert When someone is diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's should their license be revoked? If someone is suffering from Alzheimer's and driving, are they a risk to the general public (other drivers...

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