Behind the home want to break stereotypes such as dementia only affects memory, senses like vision and feeling are impacted too, and it's hard to differentiate outside noises from conversations. Those ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa. (KWWL) - Approximately 6.7 million people ages 65 or older are living with dementia in the U.S. Now, a unique opportunity is available to help people better understand the ...

Imagine doing the simplest daily tasks, but with your eyes fogged over, ears filled with static noises and fingers without sensations. That is what seniors with dementia, like those with Alzheimer's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the nursing team at UHMBT with the dementia training equipment (Image: NHS) A donation by Kendal Lions Club is helping ...

I was confused. The woman at the senior living home told me to listen for the music, but all I could hear was the hubbub of a loud room and many indistinct voices talking at once. She instructed me to ...

BUFORD, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter has been on home hospice care for more than three months now. It’s helping bust the myth that hospice care is only for the last few hours or days of someone ...

The University of Northern Iowa’s gerontology program now has an entire house near campus where they can run a dementia simulation. Gerontology professor Elaine Eshbaugh says she has never heard of ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. - Wearing yellowed goggles and bumpy gloves, Danae Knapper tries to complete five household tasks, but she can't remember the fifth one. Confused, the 21-year-old Valley City State ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Five minutes is plenty of time for those trying out what it's like to live with dementia. Once-familiar carpeted hallways transform into a maze with no solution. Locating a coffee ...

I often remind myself that the next time my grandpa and I go out for pancakes, he might not recognize me. I've gotten used to the grimaces associated with telling people he has Lewy body dementia, a ...

Donna Davis now knows a little more about what it's like living with dementia. Davis’ mother Gloria is battling dementia and is in a memory care, assisted living facility called The Residence at ...