Alzheimer’s and the Paradox of Advance Directives It is hard to know in advance what kind of existence you’ll be content with.
Behind Dianne Feinstein’s Headlines Lies Another, Untold Story The caregiving journey always feels like a pilgrim’s path, lonely and strange.
What Is the MIND Diet? And Can It Prevent Dementia? Healthy eating might help protect your brain, experts say, but other factors play in as well.
Inside a Dementia Unit in a Federal Prison America’s prisons are filling up with people who are so old they don’t remember their crimes. What should we do with prisoners with dementia?
The Sunday Read: ‘The Vanishing Family: Life in the Shadow of a Cruel Genetic Mutation’ They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a terrible genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age. This is the story of what it’s like to live with those odds.