It’s easy to view cognitive decline as an inevitable slide that we are powerless to fight. But knowing the early signs - ...

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for ...

This is the 53rd instalment in a series on dementia, including the research ... Until then, I did not know how common a test it was, how often it was used – or why. The clock drawing test ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...

DEVELOPING dementia at any age is a devastating prospect. The condition, often described as robbing people of their ability ...

Study Supports New Blood-Based Biomarker to Detect Early Brain Changes Leading to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Dec. 18, 2024 — To identify and follow blood vessel-related changes in the ...

There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.

A new poll has found as many as six in 10 adults put early signs of dementia down to old age - rather than the condition itself - but a simple test could help tell the difference between the two.

Our Dementia Support Forum is a place where people with dementia, their friends and family, can share stories and support each other. We had a Q&A session on the forum, with the topic of 'looking ...

I talked about my oldest friend’s father-in-law and how his dementia was advancing, and she replied that she, then 75, had noticed herself becoming a little forgetful of late. It was a throwaway ...