The University of Utah Aging Brain Care Clinic is participating in GUIDE. GUIDE is a model introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote improved dementia care.

Medicare annual wellness visits were associated with a 21% increase in mild cognitive impairment diagnoses. Those with a wellness evaluation received a diagnosis 76 days earlier than others. Findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Testing revealed significant cognitive differences between patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia and healthy ...

The 5-Cog assessment tool helped improve dementia-related care in primary care patients. 5-Cog tripled the odds that a patient would receive a dementia-related intervention within 90 days. The quick ...

We will not update the NICE guideline on dementia. However, because this topic is important to our stakeholders, we will refer it to our new topic prioritisation board for consideration. NICE were ...

Neuropsychological assessment has a distinct role in the detection and monitoring of cognitive and functional changes associated with dementing illness. Molecular, structural and functional ...

Anyone with dementia is entitled to an assessment of their needs by the local authority. This is called a care needs assessment. It should identify what the person’s needs are, and what support would ...

An estimated 3,100 people in Wolverhampton have been diagnosed with dementia.

In a recent Addiction journal paper researchers perform an in-depth analysis of the alcohol-dementia relationship and determine whether certain levels of alcohol consumption increases the risk of ...

A meta-analysis shows GLP-1 RA therapy does not significantly lower vascular dementia events compared with placebo in high-risk patient groups.