“People with Alzheimer’s dementia tend to maintain their social graces until relatively late in the disease,” Duxbury said. “They can make small talk and be polite and sit next to someone and ...

Programme that supports nursing home residents living with dementia could be rolled out nationally, research suggests ...

How does one approach, by phone, email or in person, a couple—close friends of many years — whose husband is slipping into dementia? Do we acknowledge and commiserate, pretend nothing is amiss, stop ...

Here’s what to know about the other main types and how they affect the brain. By Dana G. Smith Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In ...