State hospital worker charged with assaulting patient Police say employee hit and kicked patient. An Austin State Hospital employee has been charged with injuring a disabled patient after police said he kicked the patient in the stomach and threw him on the ground.
Hard to tell who is backing whom As the April 17 election approaches, endorsements are […]
Women’s History Month: Increase In Alzheimer’s Changes Family Dynamics An alarming new report shows Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise. As part of Womens History Month , NY1s Cheryl Wills filed the following report on a mother and daughter who are battling the disease, each in her own way.
Caregivers cry foul over governors health-care cuts Wits end. […]
Mary Livingston; archivist spotted Nixon lie Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Nixon’s donated papers were improperly backdated, died March 23 in Alexandria, Va. She was 92 and had Alzheimer’s disease.
More Than 5 Million Americans Now Have Alzheimer’s TUESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) — Confirming the long-standing […]
Woman With Dementia Found On Irvine Sidewalk Police are looking for the family of an elderly woman with dementia, found lying on an Irvine sidewalk with a broken hip.
Pedestrian killed on Riverside; State Hospital worker charged with beating A 78-year-old man rescued from a burning house in East Austin on Wednesday morning has died, Austin Fire Department […]
Emeritus Announces Purchase of Communities SEATTLE—-Emeritus Corporation , a national provider of assisted living and related dementia care services to senior citizens, announced today it has completed a transaction to purchase three communities comprised of 453 units for approximately $28.7 million, plus transaction costs.
Project holds promise for dementia sufferers A loved one suffering with dementia walks […]