Alzheimer’s Research UK share new funding opportunities for researchers

Prescriptions for harmful antipsychotics leapt by 50% in dementia care during the pandemic, research led by Exeter University and King’s College London has found. The research, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in San Diego, showed that 28% of people with dementia in care homes had been prescribed antipsychotic medication compared with 18%…

The Centre for Ageing Better has launched ‘Age Without Limits’, a new campaign shining a light on ageism.   The campaign is aiming to challenge the impact of ageism, highlighting that this can affect an older person’s health, job prospects and the way a person lives their life, with a knock-on effect on society and the…

A study is looking for contributors who can help researchers understand current recruitment practices of ethnically diverse participants in ageing and dementia-related research, and the barriers and facilitators researchers experience that affect their inclusive recruitment practices.  If you wish to take part, the survey is here: https://redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=PKRC3KYH9WFJXDCF 

Board members are deeply concerned about the new Alzheimer’s Society advertising campaign which equates living with dementia as enduring multiple deaths. Such a comparison undermines the humanity and dignity of people living with dementia and perpetuates negative stereotypes and misconceptions. We accept that dementia faces people with challenges and changes, but to imply that dementia…

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has given a ‘not upheld’ ruling on the Alzheimer’s Society’s advert ‘The Long Goodbye’.  The ASA received 235 complaints that the advert was excessively distressing, offensive and irresponsible.   In response, the ruling says:  “Alzheimer’s Society said that they were conscious from the outset that a campaign about the realities of dementia…