dementia patients losing the ability to communicate and control their own behaviour. we can't know what they are thinking. in an attempt to calm them, nursing homes will often use powerful drugs. "america tonight"s sheila macvicar has investigated the affect it intent have on dementia patients and tells us there's evidence the drugs could be more dangerous, deadly than previously thought. >> we childproofed the doors to make shoe she wouldn't get out. >> when maria's mother developed dementia, she began to wonder rer. she worried her mother would not be safe unless in a nursing home. >> this is the person who sacrificed and did everything she did for you. how can i, as her daughter, just say hey, i can't do this. so i struggled with it. my aunt said "you need to put your mum in a home,." in a place she'll be safe. >> yes, a place where they can watch her 24 hours a day and she'd have the attentions she needs. >> reporter: she found one in california. idle acre, a secure facilities, with a high rating, five stars. >> when i go to a hotel, and i choose a 546 star resort

the risk to dementia patients and the struggle to help them. >> what did you lose? >> the connection. you thought you were talking to somebody in a vegetative state. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates the drugging dementia. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. >>> it is often the most vulnerable among us who are moofng thamong the greatest ris. we can't know what they are thinking but in an attempt to calm them, nursing homes will often use powerful drugs. "america tonight's" sheila macvicar has examined the effect, and there is evidence those drugs can be more dangerous even more deadly than previously thought. >> we had child proofed our doors to make sure she wouldn't get out. >> when maria's mother developed dementia, she used to get out and she worried she wouldn't be safe until she was put in a nursing home. >> this was the person who sacrificed everything she did for you, how can i just as her daughter saw hey say i can't do. i struggled with this. my aunt said, you need to put your plom in a home. >> mom this a home. >> she found one in

what that means is you can't leave a dementia patient alone. so families handle that either by having someone in the family give up their other responsibilities, give up their work in order to be with the person who has dementia, or by paying out of pocket to pay someone, an aide or companion, to be with their loved one who has dementia. either way, a huge cost to the family not covered by medicare. >> brangham: the study says the costs fall disproportionately on blacks and single people and people with less education. is that just a function of their relative financial situation? >> mostly a function of their relative financial situation. there are also some cultural differences in willingness to take care of vulnerable loved ones. some cultures are much more committed to providing family-level care and personal care to loved ones who are ill or disabled than others, and certainly the african-american community has a very strong history of taking care of their own. >> brangham: you've obviously spent a good deal of your own career caring for p

a normal thing that happens for people with dementia. they think they have or think they are going to. they don't recognize their situation for what it is. but instead, if we say, hey, you know what? tomorrow we are going to that farmer's market that you love. let's make sure we both look good before we go because then we'll go to a restaurant for lunch. it may make them more inclined to get themselves fixed up for the day. >> reporter: she says that's not lying to them. it's managing the situation by telling the patient what they need or want to hear to get them on board. but even a good care partner sometimes needs a respite. the alzheimer's association is a great resource for stressed out family members. it's tough. >> very tough. thank you. >>> scientists are working on a pill that could one day replace physical exercise. researchers at the university of sidney identified 1,000 different molecular changes in and the pill would basically trigger those changes. the research is still in very preliminary stages. the study is published in

she found a secure facility specializing in dementia care. with a five-star rating.ays her mother did not get the best there, far from it. one thing sanchez did get the antipsychotic. >> it felt you were talking to somebody in a vegetative state. >> it is approved for adults with schizophrenia. the fda has warned antipsychotics can because sudden death and other serious complications in people with dementia. a government accountability office study this year found a third, 33% of nursing home residents with dementia, received antipsychotics. medicare in 2012 launched a program to help nursing homes address symptoms like agitation without antipsychotics, and this year, medicare included antipsychotic use in its five-star ratings for nursing homes. but half a year later, we found plenty of nursing homes where it's business as usual. "america tonight" has identified more than a dozen nursing home across this country, each with a perfect five-star rating from medicare, that continues to prescribe his drugs at high levels in each of thedz facilities at least two out of fi

. >> reporter: when marias -- marie's mother developed dementia, she began to wonder.e found a nursing home in california. idle acre, a secure facility specializing in dementia care, with medicare's highest rating, five stars. she says her mother did not get the best there, far from it. one thing sanchez did get the antipsychotic. >> it felt like you were talking to somebody in a vegetative state. completely sedated. >> reporter: it's approved for adults wi adults with skrit friendia. marry was not schizophrenic, but the drug has been used off label for symptoms of agitation or aggression. the fda has warned that it can cause sudden death and other serious complications. even with that warning, a government accountability office study found a third, 33%, of nursing home residents with dementia received antipsychot antipsychotics. medicare in 2012 launched a program to help nursing homes address symptoms like agitation without antipsychotics. and this year, medicare included antipsychotic use in its five star ratings for nursing homes. but half a year later, we found pl

i want to give you -- i also have parents with dementia and alzheimer's. i want to give you a lot of money. i'm hoping to convince my colleagues that's why they go ahead of me they have more swag than me to do so as well. would that be a worthy investment? is there academic promise in those fields that you could do the research, clinical research, et cetera. >> i think the generation field in general is bringing lots of many smart people to try to solve these problems. we have the work force, i think with the resources we could really make hay. now, as i said before, there are a couple of things that are tantalizing now and that is that all the neuro degenerative diseases, parkinson's, alzheimer's, als, all have one common feature is that the cells that die have proteins that aggregate and get stuck in those cells and so people are really on the idea that maybe there is a unified theory and if we can stop this process for one disease we can stop it for all of them and so, i mean, it's a leap of faith right now, but there is evidence that this is not imposs

he had dementia. kevin lewis has more. this could become a criminal case, right? kevin: certainly. phipps' ex-wife and two daughters hired an attorney. today she called for a criminal and a civil investigation. not only the outdoor picnic at the park here but also in the way that police handled the search, which went on for a few weeks. according to the family here, last month the whitmore house assisted living center took phipps and a group of other elderly residents to a picnic at watkins regional park. the 80-year-old disappeared while walking to an outdoor bathroom. police found his body yesterday. according to families, phipps made a living as an executive chef. he played the tambourine at church, loves betting on horses. but dementia forced him to move closer to his family in maryland. >> we trusted whitmore house assisted living with our father. we hoped that they would keep him safe and provide his care. and it's obvious that didn't happen. >> the family had no knowledge that mr. phipps was going to be leaving what they had assumed was a very controlled environment where hi

. >> reporter: but then her foster mother began to develop dementia. spent years as a caregiver to the person who raised and cared for her. the pain of seeing someone she loved fading away led to the creation of one of her best-known movies. it is about the bond that develops between a young woman and a man with dementia. making it helped her through the difficulties of being a caregiver. the film won the grand prix at the film festival. now her life has entered a new phase. much of her time is devoted to raising her 11-year-old son. her life as a woman, a caregiver and a mother has not been easy. but she feels these experiences have helped expand her view of life as expressed through her films. in her latest movie the hard reality is that the elderly woman has been forced to live isolated from society, but that doesn't stop her from making the most of what life has to offer. >> translator: my perspective on life is naturally going to be different from that of a man. the underlying theme of all my films is life, what it means to be alive. my aim is to

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we talked about people who were having dementia challenges. we've seen arts be an equalizer.it calls out the dimension in each of us and those with dementia who can remember and express themselves through a different way than just the linear use of every day words. so the arts are critical to our human development, our health and well-being, and the programs are starting to burningen out there. the more programs we can support in that area through poetry and writing and dancing and singing and they're all attached to the creative aging process. we will soon find that that's one of the best avenues for expression, especially those challenged with dementia. >> how do you see the arts engaging older americans as the opportunities of this demographic shift toward longer, healthier lives? is there any specific outreach for the elderly? >> similar to the creative aging type, we are starting to see and i just visited a place in california where there's a senior center where arts are thriving there and it's at the heart of all they do now to express themselves. so as we all age and g

estrogens should not be used to prevent heart disease, heart attack, stroke or dementia. ask your doctor about >>> if you have seen "watch what happens live" and you know that andy likes to play guests with his guests, and we are playing one called bite-sized calories. >> and i call it no >> hey, how are you doing? >> what do we do snapchat it's not a meal, not a snack but little anybody else we grab all day long i'm going to quiz you on popular ones. buzz in when you know the answer. >> we're ready. do it. >> up first, who doesn't love to go to the diner and get pancakes. oatmeal. >> what's the question? >> sorry, i was eating. i was eating. >> little nibble. little on the side. >> big chunk of pancakes. does that have 20, 40 or 60 calories. >> 60 calories. >> little nibble. you could have a cup of fruit, a half a piece of cinnamon toast. >> butter on top is worse. come on. we're ready. >> now you've got the hang of it. one little piece of bacon, 25, 45 or 65 calories. >> i got that. 65 calories. >> no. you would be wrong. >> the second one. >> 45 calories. you would be

judge of the circuit court of cook county to act as the guardian for people with alzheimer's and dementia. i'm here today to discuss the issue confronting hundreds of my people measure any -- under my guardianship who have severe forms of dementia and alzheimer's and have been financially exploited. my office serves approximately 600 people right now as the guardian of last resort for people without family or others to care for them. the average age is 72. the oeldest is 103, and around 70 of them are over 90 years old. our goal is to maintain them in their own homes or in a community setting, and for approximately a third of those people, we are able to do so with their own assets. at this point, most of them have bought homes, saved money for their golden years. unfortunately, there are people who view them as potential victims, and the problem is so widespread that at least a third of our intake cases have some sort of financial exploitation. it doesn't matter if they have large estates worth over a million dollars or if they simple police have a house worth $25,000. another up fortuna

his daughter told new 4's darcy spencer that fipps suffers from dementia and she was concerned her father had not been properly supervised. that's the latest. >>> we are working to find out how long iran's government will sentence "washington post" reporter jason rezaian to jail. iran accuses him of collecting confidential information and handing it over to hostile governments. the court says he can appeal the conviction within 20 days. >>> i'm megan fitzgerald at reagan national airport where just yesterday southwest says it was a technical glitch which caused hundreds of flights to be delayed across the country and long lines at airports around the country as well. if you look behind me, you can see that's not the case today. line seems to be moving along regularly here. people are able to access these kiosks here to get their tickets. southwest officials say this is something they've been working on throughout the night. many travelers would agree there are times when flying can be a bit stressful. >> i do. i worry. and i like to get here early. >> on sunday, that was the case for thou

dementia with the aging institute which runs the pure alzheimer's plan. every year, we're alternating between those 2 items and redoing the plan. sen. moran: thank you very much. in the budget hearing back in april, you and i had a conversation in which you testified that to achieve our mission, we must serve as effective and efficient stewards with the resources we have been given by the american public. to support this focus on priority, we are developing an overarching nih strategic plan and will link this with individual institute centers' strategic plans that reflect the rapid, current progress in bioscience. my question is -- what are the details? fill in the spaces about what has transpired since that conversation. what are you doing that is new and will mean that we are going forward and we have the latest opportunities because of that efficiency to achieve more? dr. collins: we are working very hard on developing the strategic plan you mentioned. we are scheduled to the congress in mid-december. it tries to lay out in a more clear fashion across

estrogens should not be used to prevent heart disease, heart attack, stroke or dementia. ask your doctor about >>> if you have seen "watch what happens live" and you know that andy likes to play guests with his guests, and we are playing one called bite-sized calories. >> and i call it no calories no >> and so joining us is alex s is madelyn fernstrom fernstrom. >> okay. so we will have alex show us the nibble, and i will read a question and give you three choices of the answer and buzz in when you know the answer. >> okay. we are up. >> first, who doesn't love to go to the diner and get some pancakes while you are sitting there with the oatmeal. >> alex? what is the question? >> nibble on the side. >> big chunk of pancakes with syrup, and does it have 20, 40, 60 calories? andy? >> 60 calories. >> yes. on one nibble. >> yes. >> and you could have a cup of fruit or half a piece of cinnamon toast. >> wow. >> and the butter on top is worse. okay. we are ready. now, you have the hang of this. >> well. okay. >> and one measly strip of calories, 25, 45 or 60 calories? >> i got