Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease continue to be a major global health problem. Today more than 55 million people live with dementia, and WHO expects…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Engaging in creative expression like painting, music,…
This story was originally published in July, 2019. Peter Berry, dressed in a green, collared shirt and wearing black, wide-framed glasses, sat in his…
In Tokyo, a restaurant aims to change stereotypes and raise awareness about dementia by hiring servers with the condition. Known as the Restaurant of…
I was recently invited to organize and moderate panels for pharmaceutical and biotech companies Eisai and Prothena. I eagerly accepted these invitations because I’ve…
Music can be transformative, particularly for those living with Alzheimer’s. For starters, studies show it can improve memory and mood for those with dementia….
The prevalence of dementia is rising globally — and efforts to fight the stigma around dementia are on the rise, too. In the Netherlands, elementary…
When people log in to join a Jewish Family & Children’s Service memory cafe online, they might hear from an Afro-Latin music expert about…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. After Kunle Adewale’s stepmother had a stroke,…
Earlier this year, when the House of Memories mobile museum visited a Liverpool nursing home, an older woman with dementia who had become withdrawn…
Thirty years ago, dementia was a condition less understood than it is now and assumed to be a normal part of aging. A condition…
What happens when a person who appears to show signs of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia walks out of a supermarket in the…
What should you do when your loved one is newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s? Receiving this life-changing news can shatter your world, so it is…
Dementia-friendly communities, or age-friendly cities, are defined by the World Health Organization as places where healthcare, socializing and security are adapted to those in…
At a memory care facility in Kansas, the youngest new resident to arrive this winter is a young calf named Spuds. The Lighthouse, a…