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Newest in this topic

  1. Is there a role for artificial intelligence in end-of-life care for persons with dementia? Perspectives of and recommendations by caregivers and hospice staff 2026-09-17
  2. Online Peer Support Use Among Informal Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer Disease or Related Dementias: National Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey 2026-09-07
  3. Interconnected Challenges in Dementia Caregiving: A Co-occurrence Network Analysis of Burden, Unmet Needs, and System Failures Among Caregivers 2026-08-17

Studies

1,013 studies carry this tag; 1,012 of them have a date.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63
  • The Gerontologist 48
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 28
  • International psychogeriatrics 28
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 26

339 journals in all.

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  1. Harnessing artificial intelligence for transforming dementia care: Innovations in early detection and treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Brain Organoid and Systems Neuroscience Journal 2025-05-16 Caregiving

    Dementia, particularly Alzheimer's Disease, continues to be a significant global health concern, driven by increasing prevalence as the population ages.

  2. Trends in Home Health Care Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries With or Without Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-05-16 Caregiving

    Among the 13 604 086 traditional Medicare beneficiaries included in the study (mean [SD] age, 79.4 [7.7] years; 60.4% women), 27.7% had a diagnosis of dementia.

  3. “You like to be in control of your own destiny to a degree, don't you?”: conscientious autonomy and planning for future care with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC Palliative Care 2025-05-16 End-of-life care

    Participants sought to feel secure by following recommended practices, manage uncertainty, avoid crises, share burdens within families, and avoid poor end-of-life experiences.

  4. Dementia care management in primary care practices: a descriptive study among nurse practitioners

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. BMC Family Practice 2025-05-15 Clinical safety

    NPs reported that the quality of dementia care in their practices is poorer than the overall care provided.

  5. Ethical issues associated with assistive technologies for persons living with dementia and their caregivers – An overview of reviews

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Dementia 2025-05-15 Caregiving

    Assistive technologies hold significant potential to enhance the quality of life for persons with dementia and their caregivers by addressing key concerns related to safety, independence, and social inclusion.

  6. The Psychometric Performance of the EQ Health and Wellbeing in Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Value in Health 2025-05-09 Caregiving

    In known-group validity analysis, the EQ-HWB instruments performed similarly to the C-DEMQOL in terms of effect sizes across a range of variables and slightly better than the CarerQol on some variables.

  7. Palliative Care for People With Very Severe to Extreme Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia ( BPSD ): A Scoping Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2025-05-07 End-of-life care

    This review included six articles, and nine categories emerged from the findings.

  8. Older adults living with dementia enrolled in similar Medicare Advantage plans compared to those without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging 2025-05-05 Health systems and care delivery

    There were few differences in how MA plan characteristics affected choice among older adults with and without dementia.

  9. End-of-Life Care and Health Care Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia in Accountable Care Organizations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. JAMA Health Forum 2025-05-02 Costs and economics

    Of 162 034 eligible Medicare beneficiaries (mean [SD] age, 85.0 [7.9] years; 94 304 female [58.2%]), 51 191 (31.6%) were attributed to MSSP ACO.

  10. Implementing a transmural model of early palliative care in advanced dementia: the use of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study design

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-05-02 End-of-life care

    The implementation of a transmural model of early palliative care for patients with advanced dementia requires the coordination between clinicians in the tertiary care setting and community, together with health information technologists.

  11. The ResQ-Care-Dem scales' internal consistencies ranged between 0.65 and 0.81.

  12. Daily interactions with care recipients and cardiovascular reactivity among dementia caregivers: The buffering role of friend interactions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-05-01 Caregiving

    Within-day analyses revealed time with CRs was associated with increased HR, primarily due to negative interactions.

  13. Dementia care in a rapidly aging society

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-05-01 Caregiving

    Estimates suggest a high social burden from ADRD, with annual costs increasing from 0.9% to 3.8% of gross domestic product between 2019 and 2050.

  14. Eighty respondents (8.1%) care for 90 individuals with neurocognitive disorders, a majority of whom are parents of the respondent.

  15. Music attuned technology care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof-of-concept study for community-dwelling people living with dementia and caregivers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Digital Health 2025-05-01 Caregiving

    Participants found MATCH acceptable (combined AES median score of 28, range 25-34) and useful (SUS median score of 73.5, range 55-100).

  16. Referral Criteria for Specialist Palliative Care for Patients With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-05-01 Caregiving

    In this Delphi survey study, international experts reached consensus on a range of criteria for referral to specialist palliative care.

  17. Sharing patient technology preferences with care networks: Stakeholders’ views of the “Let’s Talk Tech” decision aid for dementia care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-05-01 End-of-life care

    BackgroundLet's Talk Tech (LTT) is a self-administered web intervention for people with memory loss and their care partners that supports decision-making about digital health technologies.

  18. The dementia care workforce: Essential to care but large research gaps exist

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-05-01 Caregiving

    People living with dementia and their care partners benefit from services and supports from a wide variety of healthcare and social service professionals.

  19. Use of dietary supplements by individuals with dementia - the caregivers’ perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2025-04-25 Caregiving

    Out of 163 caregivers invited to participate, 104 (64%) participated.

  20. Perspectives of Former Caregivers of Black Older Adults Living With Dementia on Advance Care Planning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 2025-04-24 Disparities

    Future research should leverage perspectives of former caregivers to assist with improving outcomes for Black caregivers, thereby promoting health equity. [ Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 51 (6), 30–37.]

  21. Caring for the caregivers: a reflection on the challenges of caring for an older adult with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Cogent Gerontology 2025-04-23 Caregiving

    As the population of older adults continues to grow, the prevalence of dementia is increasing dramatically.

  22. The development of a guidance document for interprofessional collaborative advance care planning in dementia care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Journal of Integrated Care 2025-04-22 End-of-life care

    The first three elements concerned common awareness of collaborative ACP in dementia care, role clarification for various professions and actively working towards shared goals in collaborative ACP in dementia care.

  23. This study presents findings from IDEA Café, for older adults aged 50 and older living with early dementia, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease or cognitive impairment (ED/CI) with no informal caregiver or care partner.

  24. Advance Care Planning and Unlimited Treatment Preferences in Dementia Scenarios: Insights From Community-Dwelling Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 2025-04-15 End-of-life care

    In the dementia scenario, 26.9% of participants preferred unlimited medical treatment.

  25. Post-diagnostic support in Australia: Perspectives of people recently diagnosed with dementia and their carers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Dementia 2025-04-14 Caregiving

    Current Care and Support: Four themes emerged: Communication with empathy; Written information valuable but could be overwhelming; Referrals provided but not necessarily followed; A focus on prescribed anti-dementia medications.

  26. The impact of caregiver burden on sense of coherence in Chinese family caregivers of people with dementia: the mediating effect of family resilience

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. BMC Psychology 2025-04-11 Caregiving

    In this study, the total scores of caregiver burden, family resilience, and SOC were 45.64 ± 17.04, 175.30 ± 34.38, and 52.29 ± 15.91 among family caregivers of people with dementia.

  27. Co-designing a model of palliative care for people with advanced dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. International Journal of Integrated Care 2025-04-09 End-of-life care

    These inputs and activities were shown in the logic model to result in short, medium, and long-term outcomes, including reduced healthcare resource use and increased quality of life for people with dementia at the end of life.

  28. Medical decision-making experiences of persons with dementia and their carepartners: a qualitative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. BMC Palliative Care 2025-04-09 End-of-life care

    We interviewed 30 participants (9 PWD, 21 carepartners).

  29. The meaning of “total pain” in the context of living and dying with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Frontiers in Sociology 2025-04-09 End-of-life care

    A balanced understanding of dementia’s impact (acknowledging both continuity and loss, alternatives and socially constructed aspects) better reflects the realities of dementia and creates new possibilities for supportive care practices to improve pain management and quality of life.

  30. Financial Toxicity in Dementia Caregiving: Sociodemographic Predictors in a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Gerontologist 2025-04-08 Disparities

    52.7% of dementia caregivers in the United States experience financial toxicity.

  31. Pain Assessment and Management in Dementia Care: Qualitative Perspectives of People With Dementia, Their Families, and Healthcare Professionals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2025-04-08 Caregiving

    Four main themes and 10 subthemes were identified.

  32. Loneliness among dementia caregivers: evaluation of the psychometric properties and cutoff score of the Three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2025-04-07 Caregiving

    One factor accounted for 79.0% of the variance in the UCLALS3; it was perfectly invariant across genders but variant at the metric level across countries.

  33. Unmet Palliative Care Needs Among Patients with Dementia at the End of Life and Frequent Use of the Emergency Department: One-Year Retrospective Study in a Central Hospital

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2025-04-07 End-of-life care

    Unmet PC needs were highly prevalent (78.2%).

  34. A meta-review and synthesis of the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for people living with dementia nearing the end of life and their family carers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2025-04-02 End-of-life care

    Thirty-four reviews were included, published between 2009 and 2023.

  35. The significance of a dementia diagnosis from the perspective of the family caregivers: a qualitative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMC Health Services Research 2025-04-02 Getting a diagnosis

    Three main categories were created: (1) Impact of observed cognitive decline, (2) Impact of diagnosis on service engagement, and (3) Support and follow-up for family caregivers.

  36. Caring Under Pressure: Perceived Stress Among Caregivers of Dementia Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. European Psychiatry 2025-04-01 Clinical safety

    The review consistently identified high levels of perceived stress among dementia caregivers.

  37. For 2018 and 2019, 3.5% and 5.4% received ACP visits, and 0.4% and 0.5% received CAACPS visits, similar to use reported elsewhere.

  38. Smart monitoring technology to support home-based dementia care: Market-specific business model development and implementation considerations in the Netherlands

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Digital health 2025-03-31 Health systems and care delivery

    Remote monitoring (RM) technology can support home-based dementia care by enabling (in)formal caregivers to monitor the health and safety of people with dementia remotely.

  39. Videoconference-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JMIR Formative Research 2025-03-31 Caregiving

    The ACT group reported significantly greater improvements in stress (P=.043) and psychological QoL (P=.014) in the posttest compared to the control group.

  40. When life is lived with dignity and decline: integration of rehabilitation and palliation in dementia care – a case report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. BMC Palliative Care 2025-03-30 End-of-life care

    Dagmarsminde's holistic care philosophy integrates rehabilitation, palliative care, and "Omsorg" to empower residents in expressing their identity and engaging in a meaningful community.

  41. Ethical challenges related to capacity, competence and autonomy in individuals with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Acta bioethica 2025-03-28 End-of-life care

    Dementia is a syndrome characterised by the development of multiple cognitive deficits and behavioural changes that significantly interfere with various aspects of life.

  42. We enrolled 32 patients, 32 caregivers, and 25 clinicians.

  43. Identifying and Addressing Unmet Needs in Dementia: The Role of Care Access and Psychosocial Support

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-03-27 Caregiving

    People with dementia were on average 80.6 years old, mostly female (56%) and mildly to moderately cognitively impaired (85%). 98.6% of the participants had at least one need, of which just over a third (36.5%) were rated as met and just under two-thirds (63.5%) as unmet.

  44. Preliminary efficacy of an online intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for family caregivers of people with dementia: a feasibility study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 2025-03-27 Caregiving

    With the rising number of dementia cases, supporting family caregivers to maintain their well-being is crucial.

  45. Negative Consequences of Sleep Deprivation Experienced by Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia on Caregivers and Care Recipients: A Scoping Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2025-03-26 Caregiving

    Sixty studies were identified. Mental and physical effects caused by caregivers' sleep deprivation have been observed.

  46. Financial difficulties and well-being among caregivers of persons with severe dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Aging & Mental Health 2025-03-25 Caregiving

    = 0.01). We also found that greater use of emotion-focused coping and deriving greater gains in caregiving mitigated the negative association between caregiver financial difficulty and their distress and perception of PwSDs' well-being.

  47. Change in Fall Status of Older People With Dementia and Caregiving Difficulties: Moderation Effects of Living Arrangements

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025-03-24 Clinical safety

    For co-residing care partners, high (p = 0.001), increased (p = 0.001), and decreased (p = 0.001) fall frequency over 2 years was significantly associated with emotional difficulties.

  48. Caregiver Sleep Quality and Depression: The Roles of Dementia Caregiving, Support Availability, and Rural–Urban Contexts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Gerontologist 2025-03-23 Caregiving

    Probable dementia caregiving predicted worse sleep quality, which mediated the relationship with higher depressive symptoms.

  49. The costs of dementia care by US state: Medical spending and the cost of unpaid caregiving

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2025-03-20 Costs and economics

    BackgroundThere are 5.5 million people living with dementia in the United States (US), with the cost of unpaid care making up a significant portion of the care costs.

  50. Key informants’ perceptions of telehealth palliative care for people living with dementia in nursing homes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-03-19 End-of-life care

    (n = 14) included NH administrators and other leaders, palliative care providers, telehealth representatives, dementia advocates, a care partner, and a PLWD.

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