A hairdresser who was convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old man with dementia in a care home has lost a Sheriff Appeal Court challenge to the conviction based on an argument that there was ...

The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained ...

GLASTONBURY, CT (WFSB) - A 77-year-old dementia patient went missing from a nursing home for a few hours on Tuesday morning. The town’s Facebook account posted that the man had been missing from ...

A diagnosis of dementia can come with mixed emotions for both patients and caregivers: relief, sadness, shock and determination to maintain their quality of life. “Often, it is scary ...

It’s a conclusion that some experts consider unwarranted. “We found that patients with dementia who took antidepressants had greater cognitive decline over time,” said senior study author ...

Health system- and community-based dementia interventions showed no difference in their effects on patient outcomes and caregiver strain.