A Cleveland Clinic expert explains the signs that indicate a dementia patient is nearing the end of their life.

Of these, 12,286 deaths (99%) have information available from their death certificate. A total of 2,566 individuals who had a known dementia status at last interview died within 1 y of this ...

While education is known to bolster the brain’s resilience – referred to as "cognitive reserve" – it appears that individuals ...

The neurodegenerative disease is the leading cause of death in the UK and is caused by certain proteins clumping together in ...

All types of dementia are progressive and pass through different stages. Physical symptoms may be mild at first but can eventually severely affect a person’s movement. A 2022 scientific report ...

Coresh said previous research underestimated dementia risk because of inadequate documentation in health records and on death certificates, minimal monitoring of early-stage dementia and ...

The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double ... while others were identified through hospital records or death certificates or through telephone assessments.