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Conditions such as diabetes and obesity are said to magnify risk of south Asian and black people developing the disease

Researchers are now calling for ‘tailored dementia prevention’.

As dementia and ALS soon took over Caple’s life, he held on to what was most familiar to him: Willie Mays, Novak Djokovic, Sue Bird and his wife Vicki.

As the older generation live longer, many of us will reverse roles with our parents. Here are the best ways to help a long life be a good life

Dementia is often thought of as a memory problem, like when an elderly person asks the same questions or misplaces things. In reality, individuals with dementia will not only experience issues in other areas of cognition like learning, thinking, comprehension and judgement, but they may also experience changes in behaviour.

There's still no established cause for Alzheimer's, but emphasizing some symptoms can have unintended consequences

Louis Alexander, 24, is completing seven marathons across seven continents to raise money to improve dementia diagnostics.

Hefer the alpaca stopped by, as did Bridget the dachshund, who has her own Instagram account - and 14,000 followers.

Exclusive: Care worker Teo-Valentin Todorovits sentenced to 24 years in prison over rape and sexual abuse of elderly patients

I watched my father lose some of his faculties. Now any signs of my own memory loss make me a bit paranoid

Multiple studies have a established a connection between oral care and cognitive wellbeing