Increased NHS Waiting Lists Could Delay Dementia Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Research UK has raised concerns about the impact a predicted rise in waiting lists could have for people with dementia.
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University Of Derby Leads UK Project To Improve The Lives Of Carers For People With Alzheimer’s Disease
The University of Derby is the only UK university to be part of a new three-year project aimed at improving the daily life of informal caregivers for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Alzheimer’s Research UK Explores Impact Of Isolation In Those At Risk
Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced funding of new research at the University of Cambridge and Newcastle University exploring the impact of
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Families Struggle To Know What’s Best For Older Relatives With Dementia During COVID-19
Families need more help to make quick decisions about the care their dying older relatives with dementia should receive during COVID-19, say UCL researchers, with…
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Alzheimer’s Society Calling On Care Homes To Find Out Coronavirus Challenges
Alzheimer’s Society is asking care home workers to complete a short set of questions to find out the challenges they face in dealing with the…
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Alzheimer’s Society Launches Emergency Appeal To Support Vulnerable People Affected By Dementia
Alzheimer’s Society has launched an Emergency Appeal to ask the public to help fund vital support for people affected by dementia in the UK, who…
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Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day Think Is Coming!
It’s time to tie up your apron, dust off your baking bowls and whip out your whisks, because Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day is back on…
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Alzheimer’s Research UK Announces Partnership With Garmin To Help Reduce Dementia Risk
The UK’s leading dementia research charity, Alzheimer’s Research UK, today launches a three-year partnership with Garmin International, Inc, to raise awareness of risk reduction and…
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Glenda Jackson Pledges Support for Fix Dementia Care
Oscar-winning actress, Glenda Jackson CBE, is supporting the Alzheimer’s Society Fix Dementia Care campaign. The campaign aims to address the issues in the social care…
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Blood Test For Tau Protein Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia researchers have found a blood-based marker for the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, tau, may be able to predict which people without memory and thinking problems…
Read more...Actress Lesley Manville Shines Light On Britain’s Broken Social Care System
Oscar-nominated actress and Alzheimer’s Society supporter, Lesley Manville, is supporting a new animation highlighting the impact of the UK’s broken and unfair social care system….
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Drug Trial Fails To Slow Memory And Thinking Decline In Rare Genetic Form Of Alzheimer’s
Scientists have announced results from DIAN-TU, an international clinical trial testing the potential Alzheimer’s drugs, solanezumab and gantenerumab, in people with a rare, inherited form…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Society Calls For Immediate Social Care Investment
Alzheimer’s Society have submitted a Budget representation to the Government, outlining what we want to see in the upcoming budget on 11 March for people…
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Genetic Changes Implicated in Altered Alzheimer’s Risk
Researchers from UCL have presented more evidence that a gene, PSEN1, implicated in inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease is also involved in the more common form…
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Can You Help Test Whether Vegetable Oil Benefits Memory And Thinking?
Researchers at Bournemouth University are looking for volunteers to take part in research investigating whether vegetable oils could hold any benefits on memory for people…
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