Dementia

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Dementia
HealthBusiness
Dementia costs Dutch society €32 billion last year, study shows
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Teen Boy Heading Football Silhouetted
HealthSports
Heading in football linked to temporary brain injury markers, Amsterdam UMC study finds
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Close-up of an elderly lady's hands
HealthCrimeBusiness
Former staff allege physical abuse at now-bankrupt dementia care facility in Rumpt
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Stock image of an elderly patient in an intensive care unit
Health
10,341 euthanasia deaths last year, up 3.8%; Fifth fewer mental health-related requests
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Oost-Brabant court
Crime
Court convicts Eindhoven man, 81, who said he stabbed wife to death while sleepwalking
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Selective view of four elderly people sitting at a table and building a puzzle
Health
Early detection won’t help dementia prognosis; Focus on prevention: Dutch Health Council
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“Well-being compass” designed by Rens Brankaert to help people with dementia find their way home
HealthBusinessTechInnovation
Dutch researcher invents “compass” to help people with dementia find their way home
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Children playing football
HealthSports
Ban kids from doing headers in football, mandatory helmets in skating: Sports Council
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Elderly man is taking medication.
HealthBusiness
Research shows many patients receive unnecessary medications in final months of life
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Auctioneer's gavel
Crime
Man who attempted to strangle wife of 60 years sentenced to 18 months in prison
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Auctioneer's gavel
Crime
Prosecutor seeks prison and nursing home for 86-year-old after violent attack on wife
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Woman cupping an elderly woman's hand
HealthBusiness
Record number of elderly in the Netherlands facing forced nursing home admissions
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Coffin at a funeral.
Health
Nearly 10,000 opted for euthanasia in 2024, up 10% from 2023
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Ahmed Oulad Sedik, 58, is missing.
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Missing Amersfoort man found dead in the forest after days of searching
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Ahmed Oulad Sedik, 58, is missing.
1-1-2
Search continues for missing Amersfoort man with medical needs
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Elderly woman working on a laptop
HealthTechInnovationCultureLifestyle
Living wills gain popularity, but misuse remains a risk
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Selective view of four elderly people sitting at a table and building a puzzle
Health
Netherlands will have 12 million chronically ill residents by 2050: RIVM
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Dementia
Health
New Alzheimer's drug: only a few eligible for treatment
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Dementia
Health
Number of Dutch with dementia to increase over 66% by 2040
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Corridor in a nursing home
Health
Sittard nursing home rebuked for allowing 87-year-old woman to starve herself to death
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Ruud Lubbers on 10 June 2016
Politics
Former Christian Democrat PM Ruud Lubbers chose euthanasia, biography reveals
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Dementia
Health
A quarter of Dutch people prefer to keep dementia a secret, study shows
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The court on Parnassusweg in Amsterdam-Zuid, 21 February 2021
Crime
Prosecutor demands nursing home care for man, 91, accused of stabbing wife to death
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Dementia
Health
Researchers take another step closer to being able to detect dementia with an eye scan