SAGINAW, MI — A Georgia man is facing 16 criminal charges after allegedly going on a crime spree in Saginaw County that involved robbing an elderly man with dementia, rifling through parked vehicles, and leading police on a chase.

Should you remind your loved one that they have memory problems? Want to learn how to make people more familiar or stop your loved one from shadowing?

But as dementia tightens its grip, the stakes increase. Once cognitive issues grow severe, you’re at greater risk of coercion or elder abuse. “It’s overwhelmingly friends, family, neighbors and acquaintances who help themselves when they see that they can,

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The presence of CVD may increase the risk of developing dementia among older patients with RA, though CVD was not found to mediate this relationship.

Studies show that being physically active can help lower your risk of dementia. “Daily physical exercise—such as 20-30 minutes of light aerobic activity—can include activities such as walking, biking or aquatic pool exercises,” says Heshan J. Fernando, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist for Corewell Health in Michigan.

The body of a man with dementia who disappeared last weekend was found on Friday in Fayette County. Al Novotnak, 80, was reported missing from his home on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 22. Peachtree City police started their sixth day of searching for Novotnak on Friday and located his body at the reservoir of Lake Kedron.

Together, these add up to the Lancet Commission on Dementia’s estimate that 45% of dementia risk can be reduced. And an abundance of new research shows that when risk factors are addressed, such as exposure to air pollution, they are linked with improved cognition and likely reduction of dementia risk.

Authorities are asking for the public's help after a family member took an 87-year-old woman with dementia from her residence early Sunday morning in Chesterfield County.

Elderly care homes could be replaced with new support hubs for people with dementia under a £60m plan being considered by councillors. If approved, the proposals would see seven homes in North Yorkshire owned by the local authority replaced within five years.

There have been four people with dementia found dead in our area in about a month and a half, and it's more common than you may think.