The fear, grief and anger a caregiver experiences when a family member is afflicted with one of several forms of dementia are thoroughly examined in Dr. Macie P. Smith's newly-released book, A ...

Each year, Dementia Alliance NC puts on a grand annual gala to support its many programs. This year, COVID-19 forced Dementia Alliance NC to move its "Charting a NEW Course for DEMENTIA Care" Gala ...

Dementia is a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain such as memory loss and problems thinking or reasoning. The illness is normally associated with elderly people but it isn’t a normal part ...

Despite its nickname as the “good cholesterol” because of its cardiovascular benefits, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was linked to as much as a 42% increased risk for dementia in older ...

Although paid family and medical leave benefits help caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's or dementia, less than half of adult caregivers reported accessing the benefit in a new study by ...

One of my grandmothers lived to 103, politically active to the end. My other grandmother died at 98, able to bake a pie from scratch until her last years. So when my mom showed signs of dementia at 80 ...

Margaret Mackie is far from ready to face her final curtain. The 83-year-old UK woman living with dementia in an assisted-living facility is burning up the charts with her cover of Frank Sinatra’s “My ...