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Brain scans taken during the assessment and progression of dementia often show increasing amounts of fluid around and within the brain. If the brain is shrinking, where is all that fluid coming from? This article explains what cerebrospinal fluid is, why it becomes more visible as dementia progresses, and what different types of brain scan can tell us — including why no scan can ever tell the whole story of a person living with dementia.

Dementia doesn’t affect the ears — it affects the brain. But when someone living with dementia struggles to follow conversation or doesn’t respond to sounds, it can look exactly like hearing loss. This article explores why, what the research tells us about auditory processing and dementia, and why standard hearing tests may not tell the whole story for someone living with moderate to advanced dementia.

Visual difficulties in dementia are not always caused by changes in the eyes. Explore the difference between eyesight, visual field testing and how the brain processes visual information.

Why do people living with dementia put on the wrong clothes, eat food that isn’t theirs, or reach for the wrong object? Before we can answer that, it helps to notice something about ourselves. We follow environmental cues every single day — automatically, without thinking. Understanding what changes when dementia affects the brain can shift the way we see, and the way we respond.