The Latest Breaking News from Dementia

Star of the sixth series of Survivor, Roger Sexton, has died at the age of 76 after a battle with Lewy body dementia

We are all aware of how not getting enough sleep will impact your health negatively but for those suffering with obstructive sleep apnoea, their risk for serious health outcomes is far greater including a risk to dementia warns a new study

Women are more likely to develop dementia than men

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily function.

Researchers have found a way to induce sleep-disrupted breathing in mice, and discovered they display exacerbated pathological features of Alzheimer's disease.

Appeal to locate elderly man missing from Lake Macquarie. Police and family hold serious concerns for his welfare as he lives with dementia.

People living with dementia are at risk of getting lost, and go missing every day in Canada. For example, in July, a person living with dementia went missing and was found by the police under a highway bridge more than 24 hours after he was last seen.

Andrew Hogg was dealt a heartbreaking diagnosis of motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia last month, and has now been given just years to live

Andrew Hogg, 42, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and a form of dementia last month, with a prognosis of just a few years to live.