Report Links A Healthy Heart To A Healthy Brain
An expert committee of researchers in the US has highlighted the strong link between cardiovascular risk factors and brain health, following a review of existing…
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Alzheimer’s
Post-Brexit Ambitions Must Protect Dementia Research, Says Alzheimer’s Research UK
Negotiations to establish a way to continue scientific collaborations once we leave the EU will be crucial for protecting progress in dementia research, says Alzheimer’s…
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NRS Healthcare Releases A Carer’s Guide To Alzheimer’s Disease
40% of family caregivers looking after someone with Alzheimer’s say they experience high or very high emotional stress levels. In support of World Alzheimer’s Awareness…
Read more...Leading Dementia Research Charity Welcomes Life Sciences Strategy
Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed the new Life Sciences Industrial Strategy – but is calling on Government to continue seeking the expertise of medical research…
Read more...Virtual Reality Game To Help Develop Dementia Diagnostic Test
Alzheimer’s Research UK has partnered with Deutsche Telekom to introduce the world’s first consumer focussed virtual reality (VR) game, in which players can help scientists…
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Healthwatch England Report Opens The Door On Home Care Services – Alzheimer’s Society Comment
Healthwatch England have analysed the experiences of 3,415 home care users, their families and front line staff across 52 local areas between August 2015 and…
Read more...Lack Of REM Sleep Linked To An Increased Risk Of Dementia
Researchers from the US have highlighted a link between REM sleep and the risk of dementia. The findings are published today in the journal Neurology….
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Retirees Leaving Sociable Workplaces May Experience Accelerated Cognitive Decline
A study published recently in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, provides new evidence that workers retiring from occupations…
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Carer Communicates with Partner Using Coughs, Eye Contact and Toy’s Because of Rare Dementia
Adele Lootes, 42, is the primary carer for her partner Lance Mills, 49, who was diagnosed with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2012, when…
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The Royal Star & Garter Homes Receives Level 1 Kitemark for Exceptional Dementia Care
The Royal Star & Garter Homes is proud to announce that both the Charity’s Homes’ have been awarded the Level 1 Kitemark by…
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Abseil For Alzheimer’s Off Liverpool Cathedral Raises Over £900
PETRIFIED care home workers abseiled from Liverpool cathedral to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Emma Willoughby, Lynn Walter and her niece Lucy Mellor strapped…
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New Healthwatch Report Highlights Variation In Care Homes, Alzheimer’s Society Comments
A new report published by Healthwatch has highlighted the striking variation in care homes across the country. Healthwatch staff and volunteers across England visited 197…
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Nine-Year-Old And Her Mum Smash Target In Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Virtual Fundraising Campaign
At just nine years-old Zara Bishop, and her mum Rachel Bishop, have signed up to Running Down Dementia, Alzheimer’s Research UK’s first virtual running event,…
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Vulnerable Adults Being Let Down By Poor Social Work Practice, New Report Finds
Vulnerable people are being forced into situations against their will because care providers are not following the proper processes, the Local Government and Social Care…
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Wendy Completes London To Paris Cycle For Alzheimer’s
CARE home boss Wendy Waddicor has completed a London to Paris cycle ride in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society – raising more than £7,500. The…
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