Deaths From Dementia In Private Homes Soar By 79%
More people are dying at home from dementia than ever before, as new figures reveal a shocking 79% increase in deaths compared to previous years.
Read more...More people are dying at home from dementia than ever before, as new figures reveal a shocking 79% increase in deaths compared to previous years.
Read more...The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation have awarded £1.2 million to support development of an innovative online programme to improve and personalise
Read more...New research published in the scientific journal Lancet Psychiatry reports that over half of those who contracted COVID-19 on mental health wards also had dementia.
Read more...Measures introduced to protect older people from COVID-19 may be as detrimental as the virus itself, according to local charitable organisation Belong.
Read more...From Bananarama Bread to Bread Sheeran and The Rolling Scones, musical baking puns are on the menu in October as Playlist for Life launches a nationwide fundraising campaign
Read more...New research published in the journal Diabetes Care suggests that the drug metformin may help reduce a decline in memory and thinking skills in people with diabetes
Read more...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
Read more...Digital technology can bring huge benefits to the health and wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers, a pathfinder project has found.
Read more...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.
Read more...New research published today (Wednesday 9 September) in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open links heavy drinking and alcohol-induced loss
Read more...With a possible second wave of Coronavirus on the horizon, researchers at University College London (UCL) have produced a decision-making
Read more...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.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has called on government to use the investment promised for a ‘Dementia Moonshot’ to transform the way the UK carries out clinical trials for dementia
Read more...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
Read more...Figures suggest a decrease in the number of people being officially diagnosed with dementia, between February and June 2020, due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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