dementia

The Tulsa Opera partnered with a national program called Songs By Heart to bring interactive music therapy to the memory care community.

About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.

The GUIDE Model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will build on the services OU Health provides in its memory care clinic.

News of the former TV host's medical diagnosis comes days ahead of the TV premiere of Where is Wendy Williams? — a two-part documentary detailing her health battles.

Families can get blindsided by risky behavior with money, sometimes even before a diagnosis. Having tough conversations and setting up guardrails in advance can help prevent disaster.

The announcement comes less than four months after former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at the couple's home in Plains, Ga., following several stints in and out of the hospital.

A large study found that cutting down on alcohol is a good idea. People who quit drinking also had increased risk of dementia, but researchers cautioned about drawing conclusions from that.

In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States?

Socially isolated older adults have a 27% higher chance of developing dementia, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins. The findings suggest that simple interventions could be meaningful.

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.