Report Sets Out How Hospital Admissions Can Be Avoided Ahead of Winter Period
A major new report has set out how the health and social care system can work better this winter – by avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions…
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Dementia
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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Just Six In Ten Adults Realise Dementia Is A Cause Of Death, New Polling Shows
A new nationwide poll has revealed that only six in ten UK adults* (60%) realise that dementia is a cause of death – despite it…
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UK Dementia Cases to Double by 2040 Report Reveals
An estimated 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040, over 40% more than previously predicted according to a…
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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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Over Half Of Local Authorities In England Failing To Meet National Dementia Diagnosis Ambition
Over 50% of local authorities in England are falling short of the national dementia diagnosis target leaving hundreds of thousands without a vital dementia diagnosis….
Read more...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….
Read more...Ethnic Minorities Experience Greater Effect Of Dementia Risk Factor, Study Suggests
Researchers from the University College London have found that common dementia risk factors may have a more pronounced effect among people from certain ethnicities. The…
Read more...Local Charitable Trust Invests £10m in Dementia Drug Discovery
The ALBORADA Trust, based near Newmarket, has donated £5 million to Alzheimer’s Research UK. The donation supports the ALBORADA Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) at the…
Read more...Dementia Research Charity Awards Cardiff Scientists £387k Grant
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has funded two researchers from Cardiff University to carry out projects aimed at finding new treatments…
Read more...Two-Thirds Of GPs Want To Prescribe Tech For Patients Diagnosed With Dementia
A poll of GPs in the UK has shown primary care doctors want to prescribe assistive technologies to patients diagnosed with dementia. More than two-thirds…
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Work Experience Day Enhance Residents’ Sense Of Self-Worth
In an unusual about-turn, staff at a dementia care home in Somerset have been receiving help in doing their jobs from the residents they support…
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