To experience or even contemplate dementia raises some of the most profound questions: What does it mean to be a person? How ...

In June 2021, I was sitting in a small outside café in Stowe, Vermont. My husband and I were chatting with a lovely elderly Peruvian man sitting nearby. His name was Pedro. He had a character-rich ...

One way to detect Alzheimer's early is by spotting changes to people's use of language. This is because new speech problems are one of the first signs of a mental decline that could indicate the onset ...

"I think that happens a lot in the Latino community is that we don't want to talk about (Alzheimer's)," said the CEO of the Intercultural Senior Center. "We don't want to upset mom or dad." ...