People should be encouraged to stop smoking, be more physically active, reduce their alcohol consumption, and adopt a healthy diet to help lower the risk…
Read more...Care home staff are not being provided with the training they need to support adults with dementia, joint research by Community Care, the online magazine…
Read more...Further presentations from specialist architects, nurses and occupational therapists as well as dementia experts from housing, local authorities and care homes www.internationaldementiaconference.co.uk Taking place 3…
Read more...The Dementia Discovery Fund, a groundbreaking new initiative designed to speed up the discovery and development of new treatments for dementia, has launched after securing…
Read more...The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization’s (WHO) agency for the Americas, has become the first region to adopt a Regional Plan…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has renewed its call for urgent action on dementia as new analysis estimates that one in three people born this year will…
Read more...The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Cllr Paul Murphy OBE, officially launched a North-Manchester support service for people affected by dementia and signed up to the…
Read more...MRI scans and other tools to detect and diagnose dementia are helpful but not definitive – according to new research from the University of East…
Read more...People who go on to develop dementia may begin to lose awareness of their memory problems two to three years before the diagnosis of the…
Read more...A new survey has revealed that 70 per cent of family carers who support loved ones or friends living with dementia face challenges when taking…
Read more...Government ambition to find cure for dementia by 2025 boosted by large rise in people volunteering to take part in research studies. During the last…
Read more...Leading care home group, PrimeLife Ltd, is trialling a new dementia focused training course in several of its UK care homes. Working with Age UK…
Read more...The Government’s ambition to find a cure for dementia by 2025 has been boosted by a dramatic rise in people volunteering to take part in…
Read more...A study, which will shape the future of education and training around dementia within the NHS, has been launched by health researchers at three Yorkshire…
Read more...A team of dementia researchers at the University of Portsmouth has received a funding boost of almost £50,000 for a pioneering study into how Alzheimer’s…
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