Here in the Coachella Valley, a local group decided to follow the lead of others throughout the world and across the country ...

Despite more than half of all residents in aged care ... as images, pictographs, and audio-visual materials," says Associate Professor Milte, senior author of the paper. In the second Dementia ...

Nationwide and Dementia UK are bringing free face-to-face specialist dementia care to Stratford-upon-Avon. The clinics will take place at the building society’s Stratford-upon-Avon branch on Wood St ...

Living with dementia in communities with senior centers providing access to adult day health and social services was ...

Those well-meaning acquaintances had wanted me to be spared the hard work and heartache of taking care of someone with dementia. They’d wanted my 50-something life to continue uninterrupted.

Dementia can lead to challenges with communication ... study found that people with dementia were more likely to resist care and display challenging behaviors when caretakers used elderspeak.

The early signs of dementia are very subtle and vague, and may not be immediately obvious. Early symptoms also depend on the type of dementia and vary a great deal from person to person.

Currently, more than 55 million people all over the world have dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases reported annually, with over 60% of these living in low and middle-income countries. In ...

Ben Franklin once famously quipped we shouldn’t put off until tomorrow that which we can do today. Sage advice in general but particularly true for families with aging loved ones, or families ...

A former nurse selling home-made jams and chutneys has raised more than £11,000 for dementia care at Kent hospitals. Sue Threadingham began fundraising for East Kent Hospitals Charity’s ...

is adopting a new model of care with the goal of creating a more familiar environment for residents living with dementia. The butterfly approach, led by health consultant group Meaningful Care ...