An estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 years and older are living with Alzheimer's dementia, and almost all adults feel ...

[112] End-of-life and palliative care services are well developed for the treatment of people in the terminal stages of cancer, and end-of-life care services for dementia are being set up along ...

Support groups can be a vital resource not only for dementia patients but also caretakers and family members. Find out which ...

An estimated 7.2 million Americans ages 65 and older now have Alzheimer's dementia, up from 6.9 million last year, according ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, have shown that specific blood biomarkers can predict development of dementia up to 10 years before symptoms appear. But their primary value ...

The finding of neurologic signs in addition to cognitive impairments in the mild and moderate stages of dementia suggests a diagnosis other than Alzheimer's disease. For non-neurologists ...

"As a very rough guide, the early stage of dementia lasts on average about two years," it said. Among the primary "early" symptoms detailed by the charity are shifts in mood or emotional state ...