Dementia

This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances on a potential new liver cancer treatment, Parkinson’s disease treatment and dementia.

If you’re a caregiver for a Veteran, BBC may be the connection, support and relief you’ve been searching for.

This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances on a potential new drug to treat diabetes, preventing acute kidney injury and lowering the risk of dementia.

This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances in understanding Veterans' suicide risk and dementia.

Have you ever wondered what Veterans with dementia go through? The Dementia Experience, offered at the Simulation Learning, VHA National Simulation Center, provides that exact insight to VA medical providers can learn to understand dementia patients' daily struggles.

Loneliness can be a risk factor for dementia, stroke and heart disease. It also can increase risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse.

Behavioral Recovery Outreach (BRO) team works with inpatient teams to stabilize behavioral issues such as aggression or verbal outbursts.

As a result of her grandmother's death from Alzheimer’s disease, a would-be fourth generation farmer embarked on a different career path.

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In a secondary analysis, Kremen and his colleagues looked at brain images while controlling for the effects of general aging. They observed that the Alzheimer’s-related brain regions remained as significant predictors, suggesting that the effect was not simply due to general aging.

BayLegal – A winner in the VA National Community Partnership Challenge, providing free legal aid to low-income people including Veterans.

North Florida/South Georgia VA has made improvements to cognitive screening for Veteran patients with symptoms of cognitive deficits.