Everybody changes as they get older as life presents us with new obstacles and experiences but dementia experts are reassuring people by explaining the differences between these natural changes and…
“Dementia is an irreversible neurodegenerative process leading to debilitating cognitive symptoms,” explained Dr. Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh, Medical Director of Dementia and Behavioral Neurology at Yale School of Medicine. Full Story
I’ve been reporting on Alzheimer’s disease for more than two decades, and any progress in the field has seemed incremental at best, leaving most patients and their loved ones with…
Actively used care setting gardens are driven by people, and those care settings delivering person-centred care are engaging outside more as a natural part of delivering care to their residents.…
Manchester has been selected to host the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia. Full Story
People with dementia who live in long-term care facilities are spending a significant portion of their income each month on care, according to an October 2023 study published in the…
NORTHAMPTON — A cutting edge program that is free to the public and offered by Massachusetts General Brigham Cooley Dickinson is changing the way society supports older adults with dementia…
DAYTON — The Alzheimer’s Association Miami Valley Chapter has scheduled free community education programs on understanding dementia-related behaviors and effective communications strategies at the Dayton Metro Library – Main Branch,…
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A local non-profit is hosting a monthly ‘Caregiver Grief Support Group’ for family members who have lost a loved one to Alzheimer’s or other dementias.’ Full…
A man whose Coventry family were the first in the world to be diagnosed with hereditary early-onset Alzheimer's has shared his fears about developing the illness in his 50s. John…