Music Making Sparks Joy for Dementia Residents
Residents at a dementia care home in Plymouth have been enthusiastically singing along with their favourite songs during a specially arranged pre-Easter visit by Plymouth…
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Dementia
42 New Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Discovered in Major Study
Researchers have found 42 new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease. In total, the new international study identified 75 genes that were associated with an increased…
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England Team Played Match in Nameless Shirts to Raise Awareness of Dementia
The England men’s team took to the pitch against Switzerland in nameless shirts at the first ever Alzheimer’s Society International match to raise awareness of…
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Dementia Organisations Fly the Flag for Music as New Study Gets Underway
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has joined forces with Music for Dementia, a national campaign, to highlight music as a positive…
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Care Home Residents Create ‘Enchanted’ Garden
Residents at a Poole care home have turned their wish for a magical enchanted garden into reality. Colten Care’s dedicated dementia care home, The Aldbury,…
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Antibiotic Use in Midlife Associated with Memory and Thinking Decline in Women
Researchers in the US have found that chronic antibiotic use in women during middle age is linked with poorer cognition even seven years later. The…
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Charity Calls on Prime Minister to Convene ‘Dementia Taskforce’ to End Long Wait for Treatments
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has written to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, asking him to convene a new Dementia Medicines…
Read more...Napping Linked with Dementia and Having Dementia also Linked with More Frequent Naps
Scientists in the US have suggested that those who nap more frequently when they get older are more likely to get dementia, but those who…
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Resident Couple at Care Home Celebrate Platinum Wedding Anniversary
A couple living at a Wolverhampton based care home celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Jack and Rita Nicholls were treated to a special party to…
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Dementia-Arts Collaboration Achieves Awards Success
Where the Arts Belong, a unique arts collaboration between dementia care specialist, Belong, and Liverpool contemporary arts centre, Bluecoat, has won the Creative Arts Award…
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Signature Senior Lifestyle Launches New Dementia Care Strategy
Signature Senior Lifestyle has launched its new dementia strategy which sets the highest of standards in dementia care. My Life Dementia Pathway is the care…
Read more...Gut Health Plays a Role in Alzheimer’s Development, New Study Says
A series of experiments presented today (Wednesday 2 March) at the Alzheimer’s Research UK 2022 Conference at the Brighton Centre, has implicated the health of…
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Dudley the Pup Goes Down a Storm With Residents
Residents of a dementia care home in Plymouth are thrilled to be hunkering down away from the stormy weather in the company of Dudley, a…
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Local Wallington Residents Involved in National Dementia Advisory Group
Two residents at Wallington Extra Care scheme, Dymond House, have been involved in a project with The University of Worcester to help people living with dementia.
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Endurance Athlete Takes on 17 Marathons in 17 Days for Dementia Research
Louis Alexander will run 17 marathons in 17 days to raise thousands of pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK marking the 17 years his grandfather lived…
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