Waterloo developing a mobile alert app for missing people with dementia
Researchers are working with community leaders to develop a mobile alert app to help locate missing people with dementia.
Aug 26, 2021
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Researchers are working with community leaders to develop a mobile alert app to help locate missing people with dementia.
Aug 26, 2021
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Dementia is a thief. It steals a person's memory, their ability to reason, to live independently.
Jul 30, 2021
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The old saying, "Home is where the heart is," has some new science to back it up. A study has found photos of a person's living space can accurately point at personality traits and the mood of the people who live there, especially ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare one year after receiving critical care.
Jul 7, 2021
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Nearly a third of Americans who arranged for paid care for an older person or someone with dementia employed workers who were not hired through a regulated agency, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Jun 21, 2021
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The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency useāthe second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.
Jun 1, 2021
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A large cohort study found that despite impaired immunity, the vast majority of patients receiving dialysis maintained SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels 6 months after infection. A slow and continual decline in median antibody levels ...
May 18, 2021
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Hospital-level care at home with a comprehensive geriatric assessment led to similar outcomes compared with hospitalization for medically unwell older persons referred to bed-based hospital care. Advantages of at-home care ...
Apr 20, 2021
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When leukemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). These immature cells can develop into all types of blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells ...
Apr 13, 2021
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If you have coronavirus (COVID-19) and you're caring for yourself at home or you're caring for a loved one with COVID-19 at home, you might have questions. How do you know when emergency care is needed? How long is isolation ...
Apr 12, 2021
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