The Latest Breaking News from Dementia

Brian Malam had been granted power of attorney over Margaret Wright's finances after she was diagnosed with dementia, but spent years helping himself to cash.

Only 5% of patients eligible for the drug will be able to access it – and most of these will be private cases, experts have said.

Man explores the impacts of living with and caring for his mum

After two decades of acting, Chris Hemsworth revealed he will take a break from his career, after learning he has a much higher-than-average chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Dr Miriam Stoppard reports on important scientific research that shows the early warning signs of dementia can be spotted as early as nine years before diagnosis

Joan brightens up as soon as she hears her favourite songs

A family tragedy might have postponed the fundraising journey but nothing would stop David Batterham from raising awareness about dementia.

"It is a very emotive thing and I take my hat off to those looking after people and some people sometimes do not even know who they are"

This week on The Conversation Weekly podcast we’re running a three-part series called Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia, which delves into new research searching for answers to how dementia works in the brain and the damage it leaves behind. Hosted by Paul Keaveny and Gemma Ware, it was initially published via…