Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can cause aggressive behavior, even in people who have never been violent in their lives. These aggressive dementia behaviors can be scary and difficult for caregivers ...

Aggressive behaviours in dementia encompass a range of verbal and physical actions that arise from underlying cognitive decline, unmet needs, environmental stressors and neuropsychiatric changes.

In the last post, we discussed how and why frustration, depression, anxiety, and not participating in activities are common in dementia. In this article we’ll tackle the thorny issues of apathy, ...

New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ancient practice of acupressure may be able to calm the aggressive behavior that often results from dementia, a small study suggests. Sign up here. One of the most ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, engage in other inappropriate or repetitive behaviors, or refuse to let caregivers ...

Tallulah Willis visited “The Drew Barrymore Show” and shared why it felt important for her family to be open about the “aggressive” condition, frontotemporal dementia, her dad, Bruce Willis, has.

This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or ...