Community-dwelling older adults with dementia were nearly five times more likely to be bedbound in the last year of their ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Last month, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill lawmakers passed called “Deb’s Law” that enables terminally ill patients to request a prescription from their doctor to end their ...

The Ministry of Youth, Social Development and Seniors, in collaboration with the Bermuda Health Council and the Ministry of ...

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 Sen. Jon Kyl has been diagnosed with dementia and is stepping away from public life, he announced in a statement.