Family caregivers, especially of those with long-term illnesses such as dementia, benefit from finding purpose after their loved one dies. 

Beyond Dementia Coalition helps caregivers navigate the unique challenges of dementia and prepare communities for a growing public health crisis.

'Memory cafes' are small social gatherings for individuals with dementia — and their caregivers, too. As public health funding shrinks, memory cafes are cheap to run and can offer measurable benefits.

The Georgia Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with state law enforcement on a new mandatory curriculum for Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) certification.

Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.

Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Her husband isn't sure if it made a difference.

The advice helped him when his wife was sick with breast cancer. And now 20 years later, he still finds it's still invaluable while supporting her through dementia.

African American patients were more than twice as likely as white patients to have undiagnosed cognitive issues.

About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.

The Georgia Department of Public Health expects 190,000 Georgians will be diagnosed with dementia in the next 10 years.

Older Black Americans are about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other dementias as older white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Yet, awareness and resources to address these diseases within the Black community have often lagged behind. That’s where Alter Dementia steps in.

Verbal, physical, and sexual aggression among dementia patients in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common. “There is a real problem with endemic violence,” one researcher says.

Metro Atlanta patients on Medicare living with dementia may now access an alternative payment model that aims to increase quality of life, help them remain in their homes for as long as possible, and decrease strain on unpaid caregivers, through a collaboration with Emory Integrated Memory Care and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  

The government is launching an experimental program to ease the burden on caregivers of people with Alzheimer's. The idea is to keep patients healthier without exhausting their families.

Almost 40 percent of caregivers of older adults are men, and a third of that group is Black. But African American men face some issues other guys don't.