Risk of Young Onset Dementia Linked to Health and Lifestyle as Well as Genetics
A new study suggests that a wide range of risk factors, including health and lifestyle factors, could be linked to young onset dementia. Researchers in…
Read more...A new study suggests that a wide range of risk factors, including health and lifestyle factors, could be linked to young onset dementia. Researchers in…
Read more...New statistics from Age UK show just how difficult and lonely this Christmas will be for older people in the UK: 2.3 million older people…
Read more...Exemplar Health Care has announced a major new partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse universities, marking a significant…
Read more...A report which seeks to investigate and learn from the avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability in England has been produced on behalf…
Read more...The NHS is diagnosing tens of thousands more people with dementia since the start of the pandemic, thanks to NHS recovery efforts.
Read more...Research supported by the NIHR’s Biomedical Research Centre in Exeter has revealed that brain health in people over 50 deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic….
Read more...Local care home Hazel Lodge in Battle is opening its doors to people from the community to help tackle loneliness during the winter months. Open…
Read more...An estimated 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040, over 40% more than previously predicted according to a…
Read more...Following the first ever publication of data confirming that 34,412 people in England have been diagnosed with young-onset dementia (dementia which first appears before the…
Read more...Staff and residents at Barchester’s Austen House care home in Lower Earley, Reading have been marking World Mental Health Day by taking part in a…
Read more...The UK’s largest mental health charity has published previously unseen data laying bare the full scale of the emergency in mental healthcare, with staff reporting…
Read more...Neglect of community mental health services and lack of suitable hospital beds is fuelling A&E waits of up to 80 hours for some mental health…
Read more...A Scarborough care provider has stepped in to help a local charity provide more help to men dealing with mental health issues. Saint Cecilia’s Care…
Read more...The Music for Dementia campaign hosted, on September 21, a special performance at London’s Arcola Theatre of the acclaimed dementia themed love story, In Other…
Read more...Long-time Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Fiona Phillips, has come out on World Alzheimer’s Day to call for more research funding for the charity. The broadcaster, who…
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