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Tag: neurocognitive disease

A support group participant for people caring for loved ones with memory loss and dementia
Posted inAging

With dementia at flood tide in NC, person-to-person support groups address problems

by Thomas Goldsmith February 26, 2020February 27, 2020

By Thomas Goldsmith Stan Eskridge learned about sundown syndrome not long ago when his wife of 54 years showed shocking anger toward him near the end of the day. Eskridge recalled his experiences last week as part of his check-in among a room of people in a Chapel Hill support group for dementia caregivers. Group […]

shows brightly colored brain scans of patients with dementia and one without dementia
Posted inAging

Poor financial skills, exploitation tied to dementia

by Thomas Goldsmith July 17, 2019July 16, 2019
walker next to a christmas tree
Posted inAging

Foresight, Empathy, Adaptability: A Recipe for Happy Holidays for People with Dementia

by Thomas Goldsmith December 7, 2018September 5, 2022
Nurse specialist Annelie Nilsson checks on patient Janet Prochazka, 74, during her stay at the San Francisco General Hospital on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Not infrequently after surgery, patients such as these will experience postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Posted inAging

Focus on Postoperative Decline Could Help NC Patients, Hospitals

by Thomas Goldsmith July 16, 2018
Posted inMental Health

Access to Guns Debated for People with Dementia in North Carolina

by Thomas Goldsmith June 27, 2018March 27, 2019
Posted inAging

People With Aphasia Get Voices Heard at NCGA

by Leah Asmelash June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

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