Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...

In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...

Teepa Snow, an occupational therapist who founded Positive Approach to Care, a company that trains dementia caregivers, noted that the space inside many facilities, with double rooms, tight common ...

Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new ...

Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...

It took 19 years for the symptoms to emerge. Tom Beyrer, who served for six months as a police officer at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, was 65 when his ...

Abbas adds: “People with dementia are also more likely to engage less in stimulating activities and this can leave them feeling bored and increase their levels of sleepiness.” 8. BAD HABITS ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer has been diagnosed with dementia, he announced on social media. The 69-year-old Kramer, who played 13 of his 14 seasons in the ...

"When you mention anything about dementia, everyone is interested," he says wryly. "It's a thing that we are all engaged with, and it's a thing that scares a lot of people." But Kiernan believes ...