A new resource is helping people with dementia speak to their doctors and health care professionals about their medicines with more confidence.
Dementia today occupies the same stigmatized, system-neglected space that cancer did half a century ago. And history shows us ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Coleman is a U.K.-based journalist who covers entrepreneurs. Dementia is a devastating disease that affects people’s ...
For the first time, an international expert panel has developed referral criteria for specialist palliative care for patients with dementia, which could help standardize referral across various care ...
The number of adults with dementia is growing — and so is the number of family members who step in to help. A St. Louis-based nonprofit is trying to meet their needs. John Ludwig knew he needed ...
For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN)- Gentog’s mission is to provide compassionate and reliable support to family caregivers. Their care specialists offer dementia support groups, dementia care training, resources to ...
A blood test, combined with an ultrathin material derived from graphite, could significantly advance efforts to detect ...
Certain depressive symptoms experienced during midlife were tied to a greater risk for dementia, with some increasing the risk by around 50%, according to recently published data.The results “show ...