What Is Dementia? Symptoms, Types, and Diagnosis
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities. Full Story
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities. Full Story
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands is that rarity: true biblio-therapy. Full Story
Today’s reporting about the alleged tasering of a 95-year-old woman living at the Yallambee Lodge aged care home in New South Wales has brought the issue of behaviours and psychological…
The Aging Brain and Emotion Lab at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is conducting a study called “Characterizing Risk Factors for Burden in Caregivers to Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease…
For many of us, loss comes with a lot of feelings of not just sadness but guilt, frustration, and even numbness. Grief varies from person to person and there is…
It is a syndrome - a group of symptoms - linked to the ongoing decline of brain function. Full Story
Almost 400,000 Australians are living with dementia. A million or more family members and friends care for and support them. About two-thirds of people with dementia live in the community.…
While memory loss is the best-known sign linked to the mind-robbing condition, your behaviour could also hold clues. Full Story
The Lady Lake Library and Coping with Dementia LLC have announced that free ABC of Dementia workshops will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 25;…
More than 6.5 million older Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease today, a number projected to double by 2050. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, accounting for 60…