Imagine if there were a tech device that could substantially decrease your chances of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Would you be interested in using it?
Nicholas Tremaine is cycling more than 40,000 kilometres to raise $1 million to fight the condition that's befallen his mother and is now Australia's leading cause of death.
Aging isn’t easy, and topics like dementia and medically assisted dying can be hard to talk about. The British mystery writer Richard Osman is trying to change that. Osman has reimagined the notion of ...
Figures suggest around a million people are thought to have dementia in the UK. Yet it's estimated that a third of those with dementia are undiagnosed.
For Katryna Rogers, her father's dementia diagnosis confirmed her worst fears. Robert Rogers had always been upbeat and energetic. He enjoyed spending time with his family and watching his local ...
The evidence is crystal clear: the largest barrier to Alzheimer’s treatment in Latino communities is the stigma associated with cognitive decline.
Dementia reshapes a marriage, a support group leader shares hard-won advice, and one friend wonders how to ask for reciprocity. Asking Eric helps them all.
Dear Talked Out: Gentle but clear redirection might help. “I’m excited to talk to you about [X] but when we talk, I sometimes have trouble interjecting. It would mean a lot to me if you’d ask me about ...
As dementia rates continue to rise and many people fear for their own brain health and that of older relatives, interest has grown in finding relatively simple ways to help ward off disease.
Six months ago, we had a major disruption when my 83-year-old father-in-law was diagnosed with dementia. Last week, he was admitted to hospice. We have no one to help with him, except for a sitter who ...
It was fellow NRL legend Wally Lewis who finally convinced ex-Kangaroos player Graham ‘Wombat’ Eadie to see Associate Professor Rowena Mobbs, an expert in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), about ...
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