Alzheimer’s is a devastating diagnosis, but the patient is not the only one who needs to worry about their health: Studies show that 40…
Tom Stevens pets his golden retriever Jennie. The dog squints her brown eyes. “How are you?” Tom says. Jennie barks in response. This encounter,…
Any person who looks after an ailing loved one is likely under a great deal of stress, but surveys indicate that Alzheimer’s caretakers experience…
People living with dementia and their caregivers often feel as if they have nowhere to turn after a diagnosis. Many caregivers need help navigating…
After an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, many caregivers and patients feel as if they are sent away with a pamphlet, pills and little concrete advice on…
Leading caregiving expert Teepa Snow has studied how brain function changes after a dementia diagnosis and how understanding these changes can improve the ways…
Are you worried that your parent or grandparent is unsafe behind the wheel? Dementia affects everyone differently, but it often disrupts the motor skills…
They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living facility in South Carolina. There were puncture wounds on her ear,…
An 80-year-old man with Alzheimer’s mistook his home health aide, who had been providing care for him for several months, for an intruder. When…
Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors don’t ask. As the number of Americans with dementia rises, health professionals are grappling with when and…
As Hurricane Florence barreled toward her coastal community, Patty Younts grappled with a question: Where should a person with dementia go? Her husband, Howard,…
Aggression, agitation, paranoia and hallucinations are common symptoms of the disease that are as distressing to patients as they are to the loved ones…
When your loved one gets a dementia diagnosis, you probably know that you should start getting their affairs in order. Your doctor may talk…
With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot…
Jasja De Smedt Kotterman, whose mother died of Alzheimer’s in 2017, said she was always fearful that her mother was in pain toward the end…