"Most dementia research understandably focuses on changes associated with [age-related cognitive] decline in later life. But ...

Shingles vaccine may help prevent or slow dementia. An unusual public health policy in Wales may offer the strongest evidence so far that a vaccine can lower dementia risk. In a new study led by ...

A large population analysis found that older adults who received the shingles vaccine were significantly less likely to develop dementia over the following seven years.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who ...

Dementia is common, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk or slow the progression of the disease.

Rehabilitation is important for people with dementia as it is for people with physical disabilities, according to a leading dementia expert. Linda Clare, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Aging and ...

Our Public Affairs and Campaigning Assistant reflects on delivering a Dementia Friends session, organised by Diane Abbott, in Parliament for the first time. We know that despite significant progress ...

The elements to obtain in the history are no different from those taken in a history of a person with typical Alzheimer's dementia and include "(i) symptoms at onset, (ii) tempo of evolution of ...

The holiday season can be a stressful time for many, but for the nearly 12 million family members and friends serving as unpaid caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, the holidays ...

The most common cause of young-onset dementia is Alzheimer's disease, with one of the "first" subtle changes in personality being a person becoming "low in mood". Alzheimer's Research UK continued to ...