Scottish music for dementia charity, Playlist for Life, has launched a package of UK-wide training programmes urging healthcare professionals and those with caring responsibilities to…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on government to prioritise dementia research, following a new report that has revealed the number of people with the condition…
Read more...Lilian Faithfull Care are opening their doors to support people newly diagnosed with Dementia in Gloucestershire. The first of this kind in the county and…
Read more...Support for people living with dementia and their loved ones will be available to the High Wycombe community at a new Royal Star & Garter…
Read more...Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent has been named as an ambassador for Dementia UK – the only charity providing support to people with dementia and their…
Read more...The Welsh comic actor, writer and director died on Monday – four years after being diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia…
Read more...Responding to an Alzheimer’s Society report on an increase in emergency hospital admissions for people with dementia, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government…
Read more...The kitchen surfaces have been dusted with flour, the kettles are on and the sweet tooth’s are ready for Dementia UK’s biggest fundraising event, Time…
Read more...A multi-million pound community facility and fitness centre in Warrington has become the world’s first public building to secure a major global ‘gold’ standard. The…
Read more...The number of people with dementia being admitted to hospital as a medical emergency has risen by over35% in five years, NHS data has revealed…
Read more...Children in Scotland could soon be banned from heading the ball in football games and training due to fears over the links with dementia. The…
Read more...Researchers at the University of East Anglia are crowd-funding a new project to test former professional football players for early signs of dementia. Recent research…
Read more...While many of us might get a bit bored of the same old Christmas films, TV repeats and seasonal songs being rolled out each year,…
Read more...Westhill Walking to Health group have received Dementia Friendly Walking status for their Wednesday morning one-hour Health Walk. This award from walking charity Paths for…
Read more...Sunrise of Bagshot is celebrating after supporting the launch of local dementia-friendly pub lunches. Melanie Grigg, Director of Community Relations at Sunrise of Bagshot, is…
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