People with dementia can enjoy productive and rewarding working lives in the digital era, contrary to the widespread stereotype that dementia is incompatible with the…
Read more...Karuna Manor Care Home, a leading provider of culturally sensitive elderly care, proudly hosted the inaugural session of its Spiritual Dementia Café last month, a…
Read more...The Government has pledged £2 million to boost on-going research that aims to diagnose dementia quicker and more accurately than current methods. The new funding…
Read more...A new study published today in the journal, Lancet Neurology looking at longer term use of the anti-amyloid drug, gantenerumab, may indicate it can delay…
Read more...The Alzheimer’s Society has unveiled its first ever Launchpad Cohort, whose original ideas, will address a broad range of challenges people living with dementia face…
Read more...Actor Brian Cox, CBE, sat down with Jordan Adams, who is part of the ‘FTD Brothers’, for an emotional conversation that left a strong impression…
Read more...Opticians could play a key role in identifying people at risk of dementia by spotting distinctive patterns in the back of the eye linked to…
Read more...The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published further draft guidance for public consultation that continues to not recommend Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab. NICE…
Read more...Care staff can look forward to free tickets to an award-winning play about the power of music and an innovative partnership with Care Home Open…
Read more...Premier Community Home Care have completed a 24-Hour Memory Walk at YourSpace Gym in Mansfield, raising over £1900 in aid of Dementia UK. Starting at…
Read more...A Wigan-based dementia care home has achieved the highest possible accreditation for its outstanding commitment to dementia care. Worthington Lake Care Home, part of the…
Read more...According to research published by national charity Dementia Carers Count, over three quarters of dementia carers do not have any contingency plans in place for…
Read more...On Tuesday 18 March, Alzheimer’s Society will host an immersive showcase bringing together leaders in healthcare, innovation, and research to explore how new innovative solutions…
Read more...The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has rejected a new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab (sold under the brand name Leqembi), for use on the NHS in Scotland….
Read more...A team at University College London (UCL) has found a link between regular physical activity throughout life and changes in the brain which could help…
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