It can be hard to transition a memory-care patient for their familiar home to a facility but knowing when to get extra help is best for the caregiver and their loved one.

“There are 48 million family caregivers who are unpaid. And if you did have to pay them, it would be $600 billion. I keep ...

Valuable information on effective communication with loved ones living with dementia will be available beginning Wednesday, Feb. 19, on “Once Again,” the YouTube channel program hosted by the ...

A growing numbers of family members now provide care for older adults who live at home or in residential care sett ...

Dr. Linda Girgis discusses how physicians can assist caregivers of patients with dementia, helping these critical caretakers ...

If you live with or take care of someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, you know interactions with strangers in public can be a challenge.

Moral and emotional pressures about what you should do for an aging parent who was not good to you growing up can create ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Some Diabetes Drugs Tied to Lower Risk of Dementia, Parkinson's Disease Sep. 18, 2024 — A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease ...

Caring for a loved one with dementia may require new tools that help you both get through the day without anger, resentment ...

Dementia can turn your once-calm parent into someone prone to anger, fear, or paranoia. One moment they’re fine, and the next ...

Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...