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 ...

Deborah Gatesman knew something was wrong with her mother Doreen when she began to ask for help with everyday tasks – then came the heartbreaking moment ...

Deborah Gatesman has opened up about her mum and dad's Alzheimer's and dementia diagnoses and shared some of the early ...

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

Grube, monitoring the livestream, spotted movement, officials said. With the missing person’s location pinpointed, responders rushed in. The individual was found disoriented but stable, saving them ...

The former firefighter wants to raise awareness about early onset dementia and Parkinson's disease. A dementia day care service says it needs more people to host groups in Somerset as demand grows.

Researchers sought to learn if dementia is associated with higher death rates after hip fracture surgery and if the type of dementia impacts a person’s risk of dying. They looked at data from ...

A study led by Karolinska Institute suggests that antidepressants prescribed for depression in dementia patients might hasten cognitive decline and increase risk of fractures and death ...

"The severity of depression in dementia patients wasn't fully accounted for, which has the potential to bias the results", said Dr. Prasad Nishtala, a reader in the department of life sciences at ...

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 ...