‘She still looks like my mother but I am parenting her now’

Younger carers have to juggle raising their own children with minding an elderly parent

Major necessity for dementia ‘is human contact’

Daily interactions in the community can counteract much of the isolation associated with dementia

Numbers with dementia will soon multiply

Despite our growing older population, Ireland is one of the last countries in Europe to produce a dementia strategy

Coming out of the shadows of dementia

The fear and dread of losing our memory can make the experience of the disease worse than it needs to be

‘He is my dad, but he’s not the Dad we knew’

The fact that early onset dementia can affect working people between the ages of 30 and 64 is not well known

Married to Alzheimer’s: ‘You do not acquire instant sainthood when you become a full-time carer’

Laughing in the face of loss: how Nana’s dementia helped inspire my first novel

‘I’ve always been surrounded by older people and, as a writer, felt it a privilege to sit beneath the weight of their wisdom and incredible stories’

On the Menu: Nutrients’ role in preventing Alzheimer’s

Nutritional supplementation may help reduce the incidence of dementia, but more research is needed