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AUGUST 13, 2018

Managing Noncognitive Symptoms of Dementia

By Marie Rosenthal

Although the cognitive symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s dementia are the most well known, the disorder’s behavioral and psychological symptoms—agitation, anxiety, apathy, depression, wandering, hallucinations, insomnia, incontinence and disinhibition—are the leading causes for placement in assisted living or nursing homes, researchers said at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago.

Fortunately, several