To identify some good memory care residential units in your area ask your dad’s doctor for a referral or use an online search tool like Caring.com. Make sure the facilities on your list are close to ...

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Worthing’s leading social care charity, Guild Care, has been awarded a generous gift of £6,000 from the trustees of the Elise ...

Isha Bhonde, an experienced physical therapist and advocate for holistic elder care, has been exploring how physical therapy ...

Eight care homes and five day centres for the elderly are to be closed as part of a raft of cutbacks and money-saving changes ...

After an unexpected fall led to hip surgery, maybe your 85-year-old father thought he'd be back to his routine in no time. His doctor, however, says it's not safe for him to discharge home. He' ...

Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his stun gun at great-grandmother Clare Nowland at the Yallambee Lodge ...

Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning.

A small but growing number are taking it to manage their dementia symptoms. Doctors who prescribe cannabis to dementia patients say it can alleviate anxiety, agitation and pain, and improve sleep ...

A west Wales charity has funded more than £60,000 for interactive arts activities for dementia inpatients. Hywel Dda Health Charities has provided the funding - which has come from donations from the ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65—more than 4%—have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain ...