https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An 82-year-old man has murdered his wife and forgotten that he killed her, according the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). https://www.thelocal.de/20170623/pensioner-murders-wife-then-forgets-he-has-killed-her-dementia Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:07:24 +0200 pensioner-murders-wife-then-forgets-he-has-killed-her-dementia 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20170622/how-a-nursing-home-is-treating-dementia-by-sending Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:52:47 +0200 how-a-nursing-home-is-treating-dementia-by-sending 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20151126/half-of-germans-fear-dementia-in-old-age Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:06:40 +0100 half-of-germans-fear-dementia-in-old-age 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20120425/42153 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:57:00 +0200 42153 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20111007/38067 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:28:00 +0200 38067 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20080817/13751 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:01:00 +0200 13751