Sometime during the late afternoon or early evening, something changes. A loved one with dementia may become more irritable, agitated or disoriented. Or maybe they have some sense of paranoia,…

Cognitive impairment or normal aging? Knowing when to assess patients and which tests to use to support a timely diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia helps improve outcomes. Full…

When a parent or grandparent begins forgetting names, misplacing objects or repeating the same stories, the diagnosis most people expect is Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, Alzheimer’s has dominated public understanding…

In autumn 2019, the mood within the field of dementia research was bleak… Full Story 

When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, caregivers are often thrust into a world of difficult decisions — from whether it’s time to consider a care home to how…

As dementia rates continue to climb across Ohio — particularly in the Mahoning Valley — a new hands-on training is helping caregivers and community members better understand what it’s like…

Christel Krueger stared in awe at a mother hippopotamus and its offspring sleeping on a sandbar through the thick glass and murky water of their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo.…

Here she is: a little sparrow confined to her bed, 49kg of crepe-paper skin and arthritic bone dressed snugly in three layers of warmth. A cloud of white hair fans…

Organiser Central Wellbeing say the support group will begin from May 1 and be held every second Friday between noon and 2pm at Manse Place in Falkirk. Full Story 

“Many early cognitive changes are often seen as a consequence of normal aging rather than as indicators of dementia,” says Dr. Adel Aziz, a neurologist at the NJ Neuroscience Institute.…