St Luke’s Hospice is introducing its pioneering work on care for people living with dementia to an international audience.

Betty Treacy had been suffering from lung cancer. “As soon as she stopped the chemo, the dementia seemed to accelerate crazy fast with her,” Michele says of her mother-in-law. When Betty couldn’t ...

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset ...

Frontotemporal dementia also called FTD, is a rarer type of dementia caused by a build up of proteins, tau, FUS and TDP-43, in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Dementia is caused by ...

The word dementia is used to describe a group of symptoms. These include: memory loss confusion changes to communication mood and behaviour. These symptoms affect day-to-day life. Dementia is caused ...

It’s an activity which is said to stimulate long-term memories; and help improve relationships between people with dementia and their carers. Here are some quick tips for reminiscing, based on ...

Physical signs of dementia may show up in the absence of brain decline GETTY But Dr Valdez highlighted a key factor that can distinguish dementia-related physical symptoms from typical age-related ...

Objective To study the prevalence of and associated factors for cognitive impairment and dementia in community dwelling Chinese from Singapore. Methods This study includes Chinese subjects from the ...

Reminiscence therapy is a type of therapy for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. This type of therapy encourages a person to recall and share positive memories of the past ...

As an avid observer with a sharp and keen interest in news and current affairs, I love the detail and the content of these meetings. As someone with dementia, they are also a good test of my memory, ...