Medicare offers help for caregivers of dementia patients but getting the word out has not been easy. People who work in ...

Most Memory Cafés have meetings where people with dementia and their caregivers — many of them spouses — meet for socialization, education and sharing resources." ...

It’s understandable to be nervous about dementia if you or someone you love is suddenly forgetting important names and dates.

Older people living with dementia require ongoing support, understanding, and care. For many family members, caring for their loved one brings many responsibilities. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming.

Your daily rhythm may matter more for brain health than previously thought. Older adults with weaker, more disrupted activity ...

Being a care partner for a person living with dementia often begins quietly —small memory lapses, primarily short-term memory ...

Dementia is usually associated with old age. However, some forms of dementia can strike astonishingly early and move ...

A terrible irony of dementia — which can result in the inability to recognize people and places — is that the condition ...

Andre Yarham of Norfolk, England, was among the youngest people in the U.K. to die from this rare form of dementia.

New safety study links sedative use to increased stroke risk. A large UK study involving more than 165,000 people with dementia has found that the drug risperidone increases the risk of stroke in all ...