All news on the topic: Dementia

A 74-year-old British man who has been living in Sweden for 25 years who needs round-the-clock care for dementia has been given 10 days to leave the country after he lost a post-Brexit migration court case.

The former Manchester United midfielder headed a football around 140,000 times during his career. An inquest into his death heard he died with severe dementia, as well as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been linked to trauma from heading a ball.

A woman who claimed her husband had fallen in their kitchen and landed on a "little paring knife" has been jailed for life for his murder.

Channel 4 News veteran Jon Snow has revealed he has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for four years.

An 87-year-old pensioner with dementia and living in a care home has been handed a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, in the latest shocking case to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure.

A heartless carer swindled nearly £10,000 from the wife of a man she was supposed to be caring for.

The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, his family announced.

Campaigners say existing support for former players diagnosed with brain conditions, such as dementia, is not fit for purpose.

Former Premier League footballer Dean Wysindass has been diagnosed with dementia.

Sexual offender monster Josef Fritzl will be placed under legal guardianship as a result of his dementia - but his legal team are battling against the decision.

A psychologist has made it his mission to diagnose former President Donald Trump with dementia, sending around a petition to medical and mental health professionals as he calls Trump ’demented’ and compares him to the ’Wizard of Oz’

UK Biobank’s precious frozen samples have already been used to predict who will get dementia 15 years before a diagnosis - and scientists hope they will help find future treatments

Batten disease affects about one in 25,000 babies and eventually sufferers lose the ability to speak, move, see and swallow, developing devastating dementia

A nurse has shared the harrowing deathbed confession a World War 2 veteran made to her during his final hours on this earth - and she says it'll stay in her memory forever

More than four million people in England alone are thought to be living with high blood pressure without knowing it - and this can develop into serious illnesses

Miriam Stoppard investigates a new study which might show that an improved and intensive regimen of oral health can help guard against the onset of a disease that impacts one in 11 people over 65 in the UK

Dementia is a life-changing condition that affects memory loss and language, but there is another early symptom that can be noticed when you watch someone walking

Donald Trump began a rally in Georgia mocking US President Joe Biden's stutter but looked foolish himself once he mistakenly referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as "Poten"

A new study suggests dementia could be as much as three times more common among people suffering from an essential tremor, a disorder that causes involuntary shaking

Dementia and Alzheimer's experts are warning anyone with a particular nose symptom to not overlook it, as it could be an early indicator of the disease

Donald Trump has made repeated attempts against "aging" Joe Biden for being "incompetent" but it is the former president who is also showing signs of diminished mental acuity, according to one expert

Mum Sam Fairbairn noticed that her son Andrew was struggling to get through a working day and couldn't explain what was wrong - symptoms that worsened until he could barely hold a conversation

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease helps with the support options for patients and people have been told about a symptom many don't know about with a quick diagnosis crucial

Researchers found that people with high levels of neuroticism and those with negative affect 'had a higher risk of developing dementia over the long term'