British Geriatrics Society publish pragmatic prescribing resource

The Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester has launched a series of booklets for family carers supporting someone living with dementia with their personal care.  The booklets come from the ‘Crossing the Line’ research project which was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The project aimed to gain an…

A new book, titled “Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain,” aims to combine the latest scientific findings about Alzheimer’s disease with the authors’ own experience of caring for parents with dementia. The book, by medical doctor Emily Clionsky and neuropsychologist Mitchell Clionsky, is designed as a practical guide to dementia risk and…

Charities Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) and Music for Dementia have teamed up on a programme to provide new music playlists for broadcast and to encourage more people with dementia to volunteer for research. In return for supplying playlists for Music for Dementia’s m4dradio.com  radio stations, ARUK hopes that more volunteers will come forward for a…

The Young Dementia Network has created two animations to raise awareness of young onset dementia and specifically the challenges younger people face when living with dementia.  The animations feature the thoughts of people with young onset dementia and their family members gathered via a 3-question questionnaire. They are entitled ‘Share your experiences of young onset…

Dementia NI has released a single and music video, written by Dementia NI members and local singer-songwriter Cora Kelly, to give people who are newly diagnosed in Northern Ireland and beyond hope that they aren’t alone and there is support available to help them live as well as possible.  The single and music video will…