Dementia

Anjum Khan reveals her heartbreak to mark World Alzheimer’s Month

The ‘cruel and devastating’ impact of her dad’s dementia diagnosis has prompted a successful Birmingham businesswoman to speak

Digital technology can bring huge benefits to the health and wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers, a pathfinder project has found.

Dementia may become treatable in the years ahead if detected early like breast cancer as researchers make real progress on the latest disease modifying drugs, biomarker screening techniques and personalised risk plans.

New research published today (Wednesday 9 September) in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open links heavy drinking and alcohol-induced loss

Scientists have developed a new theory as to how hearing loss may cause dementia and believe that tackling this sensory impairment early may help to prevent the disease. 

Shahid Khan, otherwise known as ‘Naughty Boy’, joins Dementia UK as the charity’s latest celebrity ambassador.       

Shahid, whose mother is living with dementia, is supporting the charity which is the only national charity caring for families through dementia

Yorkshire-based dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare is investing in the long term health and wellbeing of its residents with stretching classes led by ex-Westend star Emma Flett.

Research has revealed that dementia rates have fallen by 13% over the last 13 years.

A global team of researchers led by Prof Albert Hofman,

Does your care home have its own favourite songs to listen to? You know, the ones that always get everyone smiling, tapping, singing or even dancing?

An Alzheimer’s Society investigation reveals the shocking side effect of lockdown on the symptoms of people with dementia. Involving almost 2,000 respondents affected by dementia

The Lancet has launched new guidance which reveals that an extended set of 12 modifiable risk factors might prevent or delay up to 40 per cent of dementia cases globally.