A study of 7,676 ex-professional footballers commissioned by the Football Association (FA) and the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has today revealed that despite a number of health benefits, male former professional Scottish football players were three and half times more ...

Following the recent announcement that Dementia Revolution raised a record-breaking £4 million, Virgin Radio DJ Chris Evans will be running the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 20 October for the campaign. Chris will be joined by Vassos Alexander, Tequila Tash, ...

The largest survey of its kind by a national military charity will lead to life-changing support being offered to Armed Forces personnel caring for loved ones with dementia. Flight Lieutenant Rosie Brooks, speaking at the RAF Association’s inaugural national Research ...

On Monday 07 October Caremark (Bromley), a local home care provider, held a dementia-friendly painting session in honour of Silver Sunday – a special day in the national calendar celebrating older people. The event, attended by clients with dementia and ...

Birds of a Feather star Linda Robson issued an emotional call to Alzheimer’s Society fundraisers at the charity’s London Memory Walk on Sunday. Inspired by her personal family experience of dementia, Linda defied inclement weather to take her place among ...

Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia charity has awarded £1.5m of new funding to three outstanding early-career dementia researchers, who will be paired with world-leading innovators to help crack the global challenge of dementia. The Fellowships will harness the ambition ...

VisitEngland and VisitScotland have launched a new guide to help tourism businesses become more dementia-friendly. The Dementia-Friendly Tourism Guide, launched in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, supports tourism businesses in accommodating visitors living with dementia through top tips, case studies and signposts ...

The UK’s leading dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is committing over £610,000 to fund new pioneering dementia research projects at the University of Sheffield. Dementia is a condition caused by physical diseases in the brain, most commonly Alzheimer’s disease. ...

Over 112,000 people have left their jobs to care for loved ones with dementia. Cost to businesses of lost workforce set to soar to £6.3bn/year by 2040 New research from Alzheimer’s Society today revealed that businesses in England lost £3.2bn ...

Researchers in the US have revealed that alcohol intake in later life is linked with dementia risk. The findings are published in the journal JAMA. Dr Sara Imarisio, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “There’s a well-established link between ...