Keep your brain sharp — it’s the most important tool you have to stave off mental decline. Games, puzzles and crosswords have ...

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers ...

Accurate identification of language impairment will improve diagnosis and management of progressive aphasia. It is therefore important to evaluate language functioning in early dementia. Careful ...

When Shena Downs left her nearly 1-year-old daughter with her mother several years ago, she returned home to find her baby without a diaper. It was one of the first signs of her mother’s forgetfulness ...

You may have lived in Australia for most of your adult life, speaking English every day. But if you acquired the language later in life and then develop dementia – a brain condition that affects ...

We listen to sounds coming out of someone’s mouth and turn it into meaning so often and so easily we hardly ever think about it. But when we visit a foreign country and cannot understand the language, ...

For a person living with dementia, being able to use language and communicate clearly can become more difficult over time. While the person living with the condition may have difficulties finding the ...

Impairment in language is a common finding among individuals with dementia and can be a presenting symptom, particularly in Alzheimer's dementia and primary progressive aphasia. Early recognition of ...