New Risk Score Strongly Predicts Dementia Chances
A new dementia risk score ‘calculator’ identifies people potentially at risk of developing the disease within the next 14 years, according to a study published…
Read more...A new dementia risk score ‘calculator’ identifies people potentially at risk of developing the disease within the next 14 years, according to a study published…
Read more...An Alzheimer’s Society survey of over 1,000 unpaid current and former carers of people with dementia shows that family and friends are the backbone of…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Society joined forces with The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) at the Kia Oval, as the England cricket team lined up with the…
Read more...Dementia Carers Count, a national charity that supports unpaid carers looking after someone with dementia, is inviting people to show their support for carers by…
Read more...Promising preliminary results from a trial of the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab, first announced in May, have now been confirmed. The full results were made public…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Disease International has announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein of Jordan has become an Honorary Ambassador. HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein…
Read more...An inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex will become statutory, as the government presses ahead with action to improve patient safety…
Read more...The Association of Mental Health Providers has launched a national picture of the mental health workforce, including data from Skills for Care. To establish a…
Read more...The Association of Mental Health Providers (The Association) has undertaken the first national mental health workforce analysis. The analysis, which has been conducted to establish…
Read more...By Valerie Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, at the University of Bedfordshire (www.beds.ac.uk) According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the world’s population…
Read more...To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, residents Ken Bream and Norman Roberts at RMBI Care Co. Home Queen Elizabeth Court in Llandudno, have recently enjoyed…
Read more...To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, three generations of a Nottinghamshire care community have shared their thoughts on mental health – how perceptions have changed…
Read more...On Monday 22 May the House of Lords Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee will continue their inquiry into the integration of primary and…
Read more...A care group based across Kent, East Sussex and Northamptonshire has launched ‘CarePool Karaoke’, a unique take on James Corden’s famous ‘Carpool Karaoke’ from The Late…
Read more...Methodist Homes (MHA) and Thrive, two of the largest charities in the UK are working together in promoting gardening and wellbeing to improve physical and…
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