A Butler County couple caring for a loved one with dementia participated in a simulation to better understand the challenges of the disease.

Behind the home want to break stereotypes such as dementia only affects memory, senses like vision and feeling are impacted too, and it's hard to differentiate outside noises from conversations. Those ...

Jan Donnell thought she understood her mother’s daily struggles with dementia. She’s been caring for Rosalyn Hyek for the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Adult Protective Services staff members experienced what it's like to live with dementia. On Thursday, about 30 APS staffers participated in Dementia Live, a high-impact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With spiked shoe inserts, headphones, over sized gloves, and an eight minute simulation, you can experience what it's like to live ...

The Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County is offering a free experience for East Texas residents to better understand what living with dementia can be like. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause ...

BUFORD, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter has been on home hospice care for more than three months now. It’s helping bust the myth that hospice care is only for the last few hours or days of someone ...

LNA Mary Patten attempts to sort out clothes she is supposed to put on as John Leggett works on paying bills, all in the dark at the dementia simulation held at the Granite Ledges in Concord on ...

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. After retiring from full-time teaching, I began volunteering at our local hospice, where monthly training furthered our expertise working ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Five minutes is plenty of time for those trying out what it's like to live with dementia. Once-familiar carpeted hallways transform into a maze with no solution. Locating a coffee ...