A man in his 70s has been sentenced to a prison term for allegedly sexually assaulting an 80-year-old dementia patient from the same village. During the trial, the defendant denied the charges, ...

Noticing changes that come with aging can feel unsettling, especially when memory or thinking seems different than before.

Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

“It’s a common notion that only people with memory problems can be diagnosed with dementia, but behavioral changes or ...

Many seniors with dementia are being put at risk by brain-altering medications linked to falls, confusion and hospitalization ...

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

Associations between asthma and dementia differed based on the patient’s age and asthma control, according to a study ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain blood flow problems are connected to a particular type of dementia called vascular dementia. They found that a protein called Piezo1 stops working ...

Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found. By Paula Span Let’s be clear. The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two ...