How families dealing with a dementia diagnosis can get help and support
People whose lives have been affected by dementia have been urged to reach out for support. Full Story
Dementia and palliative care – meeting the need in Australia’s future
Palliative Care Australia and Dementia Australia have framed nine recommendations to deliver better quality of life to people, families, and carers travelling life’s journey with dementia, icnlduing those in Maribyrnong…
Cost of dementia on the rise
AUSTIN — Every 65 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. With it comes the average lifetime cost of $392,000. Full Story
Learn the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease
HONESDALE, PA — The Alzheimer’s Association and Wayne Memorial Hospital will present an educational program on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Full…
Mental health issues taking toll on caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Sonja Gunter has a photo she took the day her father told her the progression of his Alzheimer’s was scaring him. Full Story
Holding on to hope: New Alzheimer’s treatments slowly emerging
Dementia remains a grim diagnosis but new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias are being developed and approved, bringing a glimmer of hope to the 55 million people afflicted by…
Caring for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia, and Autism-Friendly Cities
Florida is among the top three U.S. states with the highest number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease. That’s according to a study published this week in Alzheimer’s & Dementia,…
How dementia differs from normal memory loss through aging
This story is one in a series of special reports prepared by CNHI News. Full Story
How a beautiful symptom of a brutal dementia informs our understanding of creativity
Carol Spence’s vision is flooded with green. As her brush swoops right and swishes left, she’s first transported to a lush spring meadow, then to the canopies of a rainforest…
My Mother’s Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia
It is 2019 when a doctor first asks my mother to draw a clock, and to set the time to ten minutes past eleven. Full Story