Older people living with dementia require ongoing support, understanding, and care. For many family members, caring for their loved one brings many responsibilities. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming.

A Walk in Their Shoes was designed to help senior living staff — and later, family members and first responders — better ...

If assisted living beds are available, some people living with dementia may delay moving to a nursing home or will not move to a nursing home at all, suggest the findings of a new study.

To experience or even contemplate dementia raises some of the most profound questions: What does it mean to be a person? How does someone find meaning in life while facing progressive neurological ...

Bustard told BBC Scotland News that the screenings aim to give a voice to those living with dementia. The Demented Poet ...

From disrupted routines to sensory overload, even holiday traditions can bring confusion and distress for those living with dementia. Dementia refers to a group of conditions caused by abnormal brain ...

Readers respond to an essay by Patti Davis on caring for family members with dementia. Also: New math on a wealth tax; how ...

Kaylin Burton is the first medical student to pilot Michigan State University’s Intergenerational Living Initiative. She ...

Some people are immune to dementia, even if their brain is deteriorating. Cognitive reserve is the secret boost that builds ...

America has a loneliness epidemic, but for aging people, social isolation has grave health consequences, including an increase in the risk for dementia.

A less commonly recognised sign of dementia may manifest itself in someone's walk. Experts suggest that those living with ...

A multinational study has revealed that people diagnosed with dementia are now living longer in many parts of the world. By looking at data from over 1.2 million people aged 60 and older, researchers ...