Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a prediction model that estimates a person’s risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia years before symptoms begin. The ...
The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.
A care provider has hosted an immersive training session to help staff better understand the daily challenges faced by people living with dementia.
An immersive “dementia bus” that allows people to experience what it’s like to live with dementia made its final stop in Lucan last week, marking the end of a nationwide campaign by home care provider ...
Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...
US Aviation Academy will use Cessna 172 simulators in its pilot training program TRU Simulation + Training and US Aviation Academy signed a purchase agreement for five Cessna 172 virtual reality ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in late life is associated with a significant increase in the risk for new-onset dementia. The risk is especially elevated (by as much as 69%) within the first 5 years ...
In the United States, significant numbers of adults with dementia require long-term care services. For example, around 750,000 people who live in nursing homes have a diagnosis of dementia. However, ...
A new virtual golf facility, Back Nine Golf, has opened in Augusta on Davis Road. The facility uses Full Swing simulator technology, the same system licensed for the TGL professional golf league. Back ...
A local assisted living facility has opened a new sensory room designed for dementia patients. Residents of the Connections program at The Havens at Antelope Valley, located on 15th Street W in ...
Lakshmi Kunta helped raise all six of her grandchildren when she immigrated from India to the U.S. She taught them Telugu, her native language, and took them to the temple, showing them how to honor ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer suggested Donald Trump may have dementia. Pritzker warned of authoritarianism after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off air. The national spotlight has been focusing on Illinois and ...