Ricki South, sadly, knows what it's like to have a loved one out in the cold, homeless and lost in his troubles. ...more

December 9, 2009

Police have identified a skeleton found in a state park in Broward County as an elderly man who went missing almost a year ago. ...more

April 10, 2009

A Silver Alert had been issued for a missing 72-year-old Clearwater man suffering from dementia, but he has since been found at a local hospital. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has made arrests in two separate cases in which elderly men reportedly were defrauded by people who befriended them. ...more

December 25, 2008

An employee of the Bons Secours Nursing Home was arrested this morning on charges he molested an 83-year-old female resident who is suffering from dementia, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

December 11, 2008

It happened again last week. An 82-year-old St. Petersburg man suffering from dementia drove away from his home about 10 a.m. Wednesday and never returned. ...more

November 24, 2008

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been suffering from dementia for at least the past eight years and has often had to be reminded that her husband is dead, according to her daughter, Carol. ...more

August 26, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. ...more

June 17, 2008

A PBS documentary explores a dark chapter in modern American medicine. ...more

January 21, 2008