In the stress of discovering a family member with dementia has wandered off, it can take caretakers hours, even more than a day, to dig up a good, up-to-date photo and description of the missing ...

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, and a recent study is linking untreated hearing loss with dementia. An 8-year study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...

Even small amounts of alcohol consumption could put older adults at a higher risk of dementia. That’s according to a recent study led by the University of Oxford in the U.K. — in collaboration with ...

A lack of reliable transportation leads to a 67% drop in specialist visits for assisted living community and nursing home residents living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia, ...

The initiative helps seniors and their families navigate transitions into senior living or handle a loved one's estate. Peeler combines her real estate background with her training as a certified ...

FAIR LAWN — As Harry Belafonte crooned in the background, a group of seniors were busy painting renditions of the Milky Way. Around them, storefronts featured vinyl records, a photo of Marilyn Monroe ...

Seniors were 69% more likely to develop dementia within five years of a traumatic brain injury TBI also was tied to greater need for home care and higher odds of winding up in a long-term care home ...