People with Mild Cognitive Impairment who have diabetes, depression, or low levels of vitamin B12 are at an increased risk of progressing to dementia. According…
Read more...Taking some commonly prescribed medicines, including insomnia treatments, could increase the risk of dementia, a new study suggests. These medications are ones that have anticholinergic…
Read more...Anchor’s care homes have been given the thumbs-up from residents in the results of a major national survey published today (Monday 9 February 2015). More…
Read more...Tension between managers and clinicians in healthcare remains a significant area for concern and needs to be addressed in the interests of improving patient care,…
Read more...NICE has published a new briefing to help local authorities and partner organisations ensure that older people in care homes receive the best possible care….
Read more...Social isolation, loneliness and giving up caregiving all linked to depression and low quality of life in old age A new report published today by…
Read more...A wheelchair controlled by the user’s eye movement has scooped the top prize at a Dragons Den style design competition. Leading housing and care provider,…
Read more...A specialist dementia facility based in Harrogate has become the first in the UK to be awarded outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. Vida Hall…
Read more...A new report from the World Innovation Health Summit Dementia Forum 2015 has called for concerted action to tackle the global rise in dementia. The…
Read more...The Alzheimer’s Society has awarded funding to Newcastle University to establish a new Doctoral Training Centre to study the symptoms of a particularly distressing form…
Read more...More than a third of people aged 65 years and over (nearly 4 million)[i] believe Britain has become a worse place to live over the…
Read more...A pioneering service to address the growing problem of undernutrition in patients is set to be rolled out at a NHS Foundation Trust thanks to…
Read more...A new report from The King’s Fund has called for fundamental changes in how health services are commissioned, paid for and regulated to deliver the…
Read more...New research by the ILC-UK reveals a continuing generational divide in access to and trust of health information. The research finds that older people are…
Read more...Research led by scientists at Trinity College Dublin has identified a protein called NLRP3 which plays a role in inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis…
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