Dementia Action Week has been marked at Royal Star & Garter with events and activities throughout the charity’s Homes. Residents enjoyed visits, outings, arts &…
Read more...Leading dementia charities, clinicians, academics and Royal Colleges have joined forces to urge the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to set…
Read more...People, organisations and community groups from across Kent were recognised for their outstanding support for people living with dementia at the 2026 Dementia Friendly Kent…
Read more...New research from Middlesex University has found that taking part in musical activities improves thinking and mental wellbeing in healthy older adults. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology,…
Read more...Nearly half of all dementia cases could be prevented by tackling 14 modifiable health and lifestyle factors — yet one of the most significant, hearing…
Read more...People across Kent and Medway are set to benefit from faster, more accessible dementia diagnosis, as innovative new research is announced. This Dementia Action Week,…
Read more...Families across the UK are facing a dementia care “postcode lottery”, with the availability of advanced dementia support ranging from 57% of care homes in…
Read more...Parley Place care home in West Parley set up a fun event around Ferndown in the prelude to Dementia Action Week on behalf of Ferndown…
Read more...Millions of unpaid carers across the UK are being left under intolerable pressure as they prop up an increasingly fragmented adult social care system, according…
Read more...Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary and urged Sir Keir Starmer to step down as Prime Minister, intensifying growing unrest within the Labour Party…
Read more...A new long-term US study has suggested that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee and tea could help reduce the risk of dementia later in life,…
Read more...Award-winning actor and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Anne-Marie Duff joined more than 1,000 fundraisers for the charity’s Trek26 London event on Saturday 9 May, completing a…
Read more...The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded over £5 million to nine research projects that aim to transform social care through…
Read more...A major milestone has been reached in the fight against dementia, with 100,000 people across the UK now signed up to participate in dementia research…
Read more...A finger prick blood test combined with online brain testing – all done from home – could one day effectively identify people’s risk of developing…
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