When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to ...

For reference, Jay is now 75 years old, and Mavis is 79, and they will have been married for 46 years this November.

A recent data analysis found a link between blood sugar spikes after meals and a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Poorly ...

Superagers is a term that generally describes adults 80 and older with episodic memory performance similar to that of people ...

Depression that appears later in life is often viewed as a response to declining health, but emerging evidence suggests it may sometimes signal deeper neurological changes.

Real-time location data identified six rest-activity rhythm phenotypes in advanced dementia, linking rhythmicity and time in ...

Jay Leno, who's been caretaking for wife Mavis Leno amid her dementia battle, revealed the "most Hollywood" question he was ...

A Walk in Their Shoes was designed to help senior living staff — and later, family members and first responders — better ...

When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

People who stay mentally sharp into their 80s may owe their edge to rare gene variants that lower Alzheimer’s risk and boost brain resilience.

The mother of a young man who died of dementia has bravely opened up on her son's diagnosis, including the first time she ...

Neurologist Professor Catherine Mummery encourages us to look at our lives and see if there’s anything to improve to protect ...