Arizona is implementing its first-ever dementia care standards for assisted living. Provider groups are lamenting the lack of extra funding.

Dementia is a cognitive degenerative disease that is often not recognized as there aren’t many significant signs of it. Here ...

Dementia rates are higher in the Southeast and Northwest US regions compared to the Mid-Atlantic region, a new study shows.

After spending 30 minutes discussing the country’s dementia statistics, the minister politely stopped me mid-sentence — and asked whether I could define dementia.

As of 2022, almost 10% of U.S. adults aged 65 and over were found to have a form of dementia, reports Columbia University. And among people in their 90s, the rate of dementia rose to 35%.

Of Starr County’s 66,000 residents, around 97% identify as Hispanic or Latino. Here, seniors with dementia often remain at home and are cared for by friends and family.

A new study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery reveals that hearing loss may be responsible for nearly one-third of dementia cases in older adults. Researchers found that up to ...

People with dementia sometimes get agitated and frustrated. New services provide a sort of Netflix for dementia, with videos designed for this population — leaving out confusing plots or jarring ...

A new blood test test could determine how far Alzheimer's has progressed and could also help confirm whether another condition is causing a person’s cognitive symptoms.

Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed dementia, too.

Try thinking of dementia differently, Dr. G. Allen Power urged nursing home leaders, professional caregivers and people who help spouses diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In an Oxnard conference ...