For some individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, painting with watercolors may produce a flood of memories. Several examples of such artworks were displayed Sunday at an art ...

In a painting of straight, rainbow-colored lines, Ed Hansen sees a tree. In swirling patterns of glitter and gold, Sue Eggling creates a stairway to heaven. Both artists are battling dementia, but ...

Four local school pupils have taken a break from lessons to visit Meadowcare Home, a care home in Bristol. The 11 and 12 year-olds, all from the same Year 7 art class at Redmaids' High School, are ...

A new arts and well-being program co-developed by the University of South Australia, Flinders University and the University of Adelaide shows that supporting the social needs of people living with ...

Emma cared deeply for her grandfather, Roy, who had dementia. To help support Alzheimer's Society, Emma organises fundraising balls with her family and donates money from the sale of her paintings. My ...

The bushes in front of a six-bedroom Roxborough house are wild-looking and there’s a pile of mail strewn in front of the door. The door opens to reveal a man with a gray beard wearing dark green ...

Living with Alzheimer's disease might seem to many like a bleak and isolating existence. But for Pat Rayfield, of Wrexham, the last 11 years living with the condition turned into some of her most ...

A man who runs art therapy sessions for elderly people with dementia says he is often moved to tears by the class’s progress. Artist Charlie Mackesy, 51, runs the group in Kingston-upon-Thames and is ...