“So that kind of questions the practicality of this [dementia tool],” Sinvani said. “Although there are electronic versions of this assessment now, the person who is performing this ...

Scientists have come up with a list of risk factors for dementia and have developed a tool that can “strongly predict” whether a person will develop the condition in the next 14 years.

Annapolis, MD – The Maryland Department of Aging has introduced an updated screening tool, the AD8 (Ascertain Dementia 8), to ...

The screening tool, a simple quiz taken on a tablet ... are areas where primary care intervention could delay or prevent dementia if detected early on in the disease. And ultimately that could ...

UK researchers have developed a new and more accurate dementia scoring tool that can predict the risk of people in middle age going on to develop dementia within 14 years, according to a new study. If ...

Being older, having attained a higher education level, being retired, being in poorer health, and having a family history of dementia were linked with higher odds of screening. Of respondents ...

Dementia-Friendly Communities and Dementia Friends. The assessment and benchmarking tool helps practices to measure the improvements they have made, and to identify what else they need to improve to ...