Frail elderly and disabled people are being charged more for council help to get washed, dressed and fed at home, according to a survey.

A care worker at an old people's home has been sacked for feeding a patient a dog biscuit, it emerged today.

From the downright obvious to the teary-eyed, May offers a bumper harvest of awareness weeks and campaigns, some worthy, some (much) less so...

A documentary on autism has wowed the TV critics, says Simon Usborne

Animals will help Alzheimer's patients remember their medicine and steer them through the day

It is absolutely right that the Government is to double the spending on research into dementia. The disease is spreading so fast that there will soon be more than a million sufferers in the UK. And treating Alzheimer's, and similar problems, is already costing the NHS £23bn a year – more than cancer, heart disease or strokes.

Funding for research into dementia is to be more than doubled by 2015 in a bid to make Britain a world leader in the field, David Cameron announced today.

As the BBC airs intimate conversations, project deviser Tony Phillips finds he is deeply moved

More than 100,000 people in the UK suffering the “savage” effects of advanced Alzheimer’s disease could benefit from drug treatment to slow its progression.

Alzheimer's symptoms such as memory loss could be prevented by targeting a chemical that dismantles brain connections, research suggests.

Two former care home workers who "fleeced" vulnerable patients of tens of thousands of pounds were jailed today.

For the New York Philharmonic to have embarked upon a London residency without Mahler in their portfolio would have been unconscionable.

Hundreds of vulnerable people seeking court decisions about where they live or whom they can meet could experience months of delays because the government expert protecting their interests has almost run out of money, The Independent can disclose.

Plan to build 1950s-style village for Alzheimer's sufferers divides geriatric-care experts