Dementia is a broad clinical term for a group of acquired symptoms caused by damage to the brain, typically marked by progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, language and comprehension difficulties, disorientation, and changes in mood and behavior that interfere with everyday function. It is not a single disease…
Dementia is a broad clinical term for a group of acquired symptoms caused by damage to the brain, typically marked by progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, language and comprehension difficulties, disorientation, and changes in mood and behavior that interfere with everyday function. It is not a single disease but a syndrome arising from many underlying conditions, most commonly Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative or cerebrovascular processes. Because dementia and disordered sleep frequently coexist and influence one another, research in this area spans both the cognitive and the sleep dimensions of care. Work published in Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research and related OpenAccessPub titles has examined non-pharmacological interventions for disrupted sleep in moderate-to-severe dementia, behavioral management of depression in dementia patients, the relationship between depression and dementia, neurobiological distinctions between aggression and agitation, dynamic network analysis of functional connectivity, and caregiver knowledge and misconceptions surrounding Alzheimer's disease. Additional studies have addressed cognitive stimulation training in mild cognitive impairment and the use of virtual reality and videophone conversation to support people living with dementia. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to dementia, its behavioral and sleep-related features, and the non-pharmacological and caregiving strategies used to support affected individuals.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 32 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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