DEMENTIA
HEALTHBEAT Confronting dementia: When ignorance isn't bliss
If the findings from a recent Harris poll are any indication, many American adults worry their post-retirement years will be darkened by the shadow of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Yet de...
Posted on 4/8/11 at 3:11 PM
Woman with dementia found by rescue squad 
A 68-year-old rural Duluth woman suffering from dementia was located -- hypothermic but alive -- by the St. Louis County Rescue Squad on Saturday after she went missing for several hours.
April 27, 2013
Health Matters: Being fit may help ward off dementia
Dr. Joshua Wynne answers the question: Is there anything I can do to reduce my risk of developing dementia?
By Dr. Joshua Wynne , February 25, 2013
Doctors urge early dementia detection in families
Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.
By Lauran Neergaard , February 06, 2012
Hockey's Gordie Howe raises dementia awareness while feeling its effects
It's a personal cause for "Mr. Hockey," who's now 83. The disease killed Gordie Howe's wife Colleen in 2009 and is beginning to affect him. "He's a little bit worse than last year, but pretty close to about the same," son Marty Howe says. "He just loses a little bit more, grasping for words."
By Donna Spencer , February 02, 2012
State: Faribault, Minn., dementia unit ignored resident's sex acts
Faribault, Minn., police are investigating the incidents - in which one male resident had sexual contact with six others in the memory-care unit - but no criminal charges have been filed.
By Christopher Snowbeck , December 09, 2011
Officials ask for help in finding missing Fergus Falls man
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an 88-year old man who drove away from his home here Friday and is now missing. George Alfred Hanson was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday driving a light tan 2000 Buick LeSabre with Minnesota license plates VYJ337.
By Forum Communications , November 12, 2011
Police: Farmington, Minn., woman stole $16,000 from senior with dementia
A woman with dementia fell $20,000 behind on her rent -- and faced eviction from a nursing home in Farmington, Minn. -- after police say the person in charge of her finances stole her money.
By Maricella Miranda , October 20, 2011
Push underway to cut drugs for dementia patients
Day after day, Hazel Eng sat on her couch, a blank stare on her face. The powerful antipsychotics she was taking often cloaked her in sedation. And when they didn't, the 89-year-old lashed out at her nursing home's aides with such anger and frequency her daughter wondered if her mother would be better off dead. Until, in a matter of days, everything seemed to change.
By Matt Sedensky , September 14, 2011
VIKINGS: Former linebacker standout Fred McNeill dealing with early-onset dementia
Fred McNeill was a standout linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings for 12 seasons (1974-85). He and his wife Tia have been married since 1983. Tia said she has noticed changes in her husband's memory. "People who were in our wedding that he doesn't know," she said.
By Charley Walters , August 09, 2011
Elderly dementia patients and 'at-risk' students create friendships
Armed with information from short biographies of their retiree "buddies," August, Vance and their classmates tentatively entered the nursing home's third-floor lounge. The residents sat silently at tables, on couches or in wheelchairs. Everyone shook hands.
By Ted Gregory , April 19, 2010
‘TRASH’ TREASURED: Experts examine the pathology of hoarding
Mental health professionals debate how to classify such pathological attachment to belongings of dubious value. Once, hoarding was deemed an offshoot of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
By Mila Koumpilova , February 06, 2010
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