Dementia Is “The UK’s Biggest Killer” Research Reveals
New analysis from Alzheimer’s Research UK, has confirmed that dementia continues to be the UK’s leading cause of death, accounting for more than one in…
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Staff At Parley Place Care Home Elf Themselves For Elf Day!
Staff at Parley Place Care Home in West Parley swapped their uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day and enjoyed a visit from some new…
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Heart-Breaking Christmas For People With Dementia As One In Three Left Cut Off
Christmas will never be same for 65% of current carers who say dementia has “robbed” them of a carefree and joyful festive season, a new…
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Former Scottish International Backs Call to Classify Heading as Industrial Injury
Former professional footballer and manager, Alex McLeish is supporting the growing demand for heading a football to be classified as an industrial injury. The call…
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Local Man Inspires Choir To Raise Over £700 For Alzheimer’s UK
A man who inspired the Taunton Male Voice Choir in Somerset to stage a fundraising concert in aid of Alzheimer’s UK in Oake on Saturday…
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NHS Dementia Diagnosis Rates At Three-Year High
The NHS is diagnosing tens of thousands more people with dementia since the start of the pandemic, thanks to NHS recovery efforts.
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Lord Cameron Steps Down As Alzheimer’s Research UK’s President
Following his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Lord Cameron has stepped down as President of Alzheimer’s Research UK. He…
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A Five-Year Project To Bring Alzheimer’s Blood Tests To The NHS
Experts have said that blood tests for Alzheimer’s could be available on the NHS within five years. That’s thanks to the Blood Biomarker Challenge, a…
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Elderly Have A Hoot During Feathered Friends’ Flying Visit
OWLS have been lifting the spirits of elderly care home residents in Huddersfield as part of a remarkable therapy initiative. The usually solitary birds brought…
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Walking The Distance For Alzheimer’s Society
Colleagues at Care UK’s central support centre Annabelle Matthews and Amy Mitchell – both Resourcing Advisors – and Emma Honeyball, who works in the finance…
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New Type Of Deep Brain Stimulation Could Help Improve Memory Loss In People With Alzheimer’s
Nature Neuroscience: Non-invasive temporal interference electrical stimulation of the human hippocampus. The study published in Nature Neuroscience, uses a technique known as temporal interference (TI)…
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Alzheimer’s Society says 19,000 People In England Could Be Living With Undiagnosed Young-Onset Dementia
Following the first ever publication of data confirming that 34,412 people in England have been diagnosed with young-onset dementia (dementia which first appears before the…
Read more...New Study Suggests Navigation Difficulties Could Be An Early Sign Of Alzheimer’s
Researchers at University College London have identified subtle changes in the way people with early features of Alzheimer’s disease navigate through a virtual reality space….
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Eve Belle Care Home Joins Alzheimer’s Memory Walk to Make a Difference
Staff and families of residents at Eve Belle Care Home in Wickford, demonstrated their commitment to the fight against dementia, by participating in the Alzheimer’s…
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Parley Place Care Home’s Bake Off For Alzheimers Research
Staff and residents at Parley Place in West Parley have taken part in a staff bake off and cake sale to raise money for Alzheimer’s…
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