Older people living with dementia require ongoing support, understanding, and care. For many family members, caring for their loved one brings many responsibilities. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming.

In 2025, during volunteer work at Santa Monica Home & Care, two residents with dementia and a longtime caregiver were interviewed to understand how memory loss affects daily life. Through these ...

From a young age, Kaylin Burton saw people share their gratitude with her mom, a nurse practitioner who spent the last decade serving as the sole primary care provider for the Veterans Affairs office ...

To experience or even contemplate dementia raises some of the most profound questions: What does it mean to be a person? How does someone find meaning in life while facing progressive neurological ...

Families and experts share their best advice for navigating and coping. By Mohana Ravindranath About four years ago, Madhavi Phadke, a philanthropy director in Westford, Mass., noticed her mother, ...

“People with Alzheimer’s dementia tend to maintain their social graces until relatively late in the disease,” Duxbury said. “They can make small talk and be polite and sit next to someone and ...

Older Medicare patients with dementia are less likely to receive high-quality home healthcare than those without dementia, with significant variations in the quality of care for dementia patients ...

GUIDE Model services include care coordination and management, caregiver education and support, and $2,500 per year for respite services. GUIDE is available at no out-of-pocket cost to patients with ...

Former detective Rav Wilding joined BBC Morning Live in the studio to set out the practical steps carers can take to plan ...