dementia

"She was properly sick and then she turned it on – that's the pro she was."
The charity John's Campaign has launched a legal challenge urging the government to let dementia patients see their families after months in isolation.
A newly-released trailer for the film features interviews with doctors and the late actor's wife, Susan Schneider Williams.
Scott Mitchell has said it “feels like a bereavement” after the EastEnders star left their home in mid-July.
Focusing on these factors could give doctors guidelines for preventing Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.
Scott Mitchell has said a specialist told him to "prepare himself" that the EastEnders legend may need to move out of their home.
As rest homes close their doors, the patients in my father’s dementia ward are locked in their own version of reality, writes Laura Pitcher.
Care home residents can escape for a bit by travelling back in time – even the lamps are original.
I was never a perfect son, and he wasn’t a perfect father. But as dementia crumbles his mind, none of that matters. All that matters now is being present, writes Rob Kazandjian.
Inside I was a wreck. But I was determined to prove I could carry on and lead the life he would've wanted.