T he number of people living with Alzheimer's doubles every five years beyond age 65 and this number is expected to triple to ...

Carey Mulligan tends to keep her private life just that, but she recently chose to open up about a topic close to her heart: her 91-year-old grandmother, Nan. The Oscar-nominated actress guest ...

Watching your loved one suffer from dementia is devastating. Although the condition causes memory loss, the highest form of verbal affection appears to have a profound impact on the brain. Dementia is ...

Dementia doesn’t preclude any of the common sources of pain for the elderly, of course—cancer, surgeries, arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, ulcers, injuries from falls, and on and on.

Doctors say dementia affects your thinking, memory, reasoning, mood and personality. Alzheimer's disease is just one type of the illness. Social workers say there are warning signs.

Ms. Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and a chaplain, is the author of “On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear.” If you’ve heard about Molly Jong-Fast’s new ...