Dementia

The NPR article (based on reporting by KFF Health News) documents multiple incidents of resident-to-resident violence in nursing homes and assisted living memory-car...

The World Health Organization released updated global guidelines on reducing risk of cognitive decline and dementia (15 July 2026). The release states more than 57 m...

The World Health Organization has issued updated global guidelines aimed at reducing risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The WHO states that up to 45% of dementi...

Researchers in China analyzed data from more than 32,000 adults followed for 25 years and recorded 5,868 cases of dementia. The study, published in Neurology, found ...

This newsletter preview summarizes two main items and several brief news notes. First, a personal story: Sanda Balaban visited her estranged father and discovered wi...

Colby McCaskill, a 21-year-old Fordham University senior, produced an audio “letter” to his grandfather describing his feelings about his grandparents' aging and his...

Researchers from Monash University analyzed dietary data and cognitive test results from more than 2,000 Australian adults aged 40–70 who were free of dementia at ba...

Marc Silver describes deciding whether to buy a birthday gift for his wife, Marsha, who has advancing dementia and lives in a group home. In earlier years he gave je...

Wambūi Karanja, a 32-year-old project manager at the Brain and Mind Institute at Aga Khan University in Nairobi, developed a training guide to help family caregivers...

The article discusses new research presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, emphasizing the link between good oral hygiene an...

Former Republican Senator Jon Kyl, a significant political figure from Arizona, has announced he is withdrawing from public life after being diagnosed with dementia....

Emma Heming Willis, wife of actor Bruce Willis, has shared a deeply personal essay reflecting on the challenges and grief she experiences during the Christmas season...