Crime

Dementia sufferer murders wife, then forgets he killed her

An 82-year-old man has murdered his wife and forgotten that he killed her, according the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ).

dementia

How a nursing home is treating dementia patients by 'sending' them back to the GDR

The white-haired German woman in the easy chair has vivid memories of hardline communist leader Erich Honecker and even Adolf Hitler, but isn't always sure who Angela Merkel is.

old age

Half of Germans fear dementia in old age

Half of Germans are scared of suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's disease, a survey published on Thursday found, making it second only to cancer among the nation's health fears. But neither of them is the nation's biggest killer.

Health

Old age care homes tying up thousands illegally

More than 10,000 people in German old age care homes are being locked up or tied to their beds or wheelchairs illegally, it emerged on Wednesday.

demographics

Dementia shop and advice centre comes to Freiburg

A shop and advice centre for people suffering dementia – and those caring for them – is set to open in southern Germany soon – claiming to be the first of its kind in the country, where more than a million people have the condition.

Jobs

Thousands of jobless to care for German dementia patients

Up to 10,000 long-term unemployed Germans will be trained to care for people suffering from dementia, after a change in the law gave care homes budgets to employ more care workers.