Medicare's regulations for enrolling in hospice exclude many dementia patients who need it the most. LPettet/E+ via Getty Images Jimmy Carter, who chose to forgo aggressive medical care for ...

A new Hastings Center special report considers how America’s aging society responds to the needs and concerns of people facing dementia. New therapies that may slow progression of this terminal ...

Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive no measurable differences in end-of-life care whether they are in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or traditional Medicare, according to a new study ...

A new study finds that healthcare providers and family caregivers often disagree on how best to manage dementia behaviors during end-of-life care. The research, published in the Journal of the ...

The 2024 Alzheimer’s Association annual report forecasts a doubling of Americans age 65 and older living with dementia — from 7 million to 14 million by 2050. According to Jessica Empeño, national ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. California law already gives terminally ill patients the right to end their lives, and a bill ...

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Palliative Medicine Program has launched a new clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Aging to explore a potential treatment for ...

A physician’s personal story reveals why dying with dignity in America too often requires a fight, and why end-of-life care ...

My husband, Ricardo, and I were lifelong planners. But when we faced our most difficult challenge, we discovered that under California law Ricardo couldn’t plan how or when to end his life. Ricardo ...

When my mom was finally, officially diagnosed with dementia in 2020, her geriatric psychiatrist told me that there was no effective treatment. The best thing to do was to keep her physically, ...

Former Republican Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl has been diagnosed with dementia, he announced in a statement on Tuesday. The longtime ...