dementia

A convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years has been ruled competent enough to be executed. Menzies was sentenced to die in 1988 for killing mother of three Maurine Hunsaker.

Ralph Leroy Menzies was sentenced to die in 1988 for the killing of Maurine Hunsaker. His attorneys say the 67-year-old inmate’s dementia is so severe that he cannot understand why he’s to be executed.

The number of Silver Alerts has doubled in Utah since the program started, but it’s hard to say if it’s actually bringing older Utahns home.

The project, called Natives Engaged in Alzheimer's Research, is an ongoing effort focusing on not only including communities left out of research, but collecting data in Native languages.

That’s Utah composer Kurt Bestor performing for patients at the William E. Christofferson Salt Lake Veterans Home. He helped kick off the official launch…

Salt Lake County Aging Services is offering a new series of classes for those who take care of elderly family members in their home. It’s called Caregiver…