Nearly half a million pounds has been invested in research to find out how people affected by dementia can influence community development and how their political exclusion can be addressed. The project at the University of Stirling, in collaboration with four other UK and international universities, will look at engagement in community planning and commissioning,…
Just a few months after the announcement of lecanemab as a drug for slowing Alzheimer’s progression, a second new drug has been announced by pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly. Called donanemab, it is also a monoclonal antibody drug for removing amyloid protein that builds up in the brain as Alzheimer’s disease progresses. In people with mild…
Residents from Royal Star & Garter’s veterans’ care homes sent best wishes to King Charles for his Coronation Day on 6 May. Bob, Monica and Derek (top l-r) and Anne, Barbara and Rosemary (bottom l-r) are pictured in the video message. Navy spouse Barbara wishes the monarch a “very successful reign”, while RAF veteran Derek…
Dementia Enquirers, a project in which people with dementia lead their own research, won the Research and Innovation category at Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Hero Awards. The Society said that Dementia Enquirers were developing their own skills as dementia researchers and challenging prevailing research systems. Among other winners of the awards, which celebrate shining examples of…
“Thank You Day 2023” is on Sunday 2 July and will be a musical celebration of the contribution of family carers who do so much for people living with dementia. Well known singer Tony Christie has joined with charity Music for Dementia to launch the day, re-recording his song “Thank You for Being a Friend”…
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that dementia and Alzheimer’s disease was again the leading cause of death in 2022, accounting for 11.4% of deaths in England and Wales. In this category, 65,967 deaths were registered, compared with 61,250 (10.4%) in 2021, when it was also the leading cause of death. “Our most…
The Filo Project, which provides a special form of dementia day care for 350 clients across Devon, Somerset and East Lancashire, is up for an Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Hero Award today. The Dementia Hero Awards on 28 April honour organisations and individuals who do life-changing work in dementia care. In the Filo Project, “hosts” provide…
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…
A £600,000 grant from the Arts Council will enable the appointment of seven “creative health associates” in each of the seven NHS regions with the aim of using creativity to promote health and wellbeing. The programme, announced by the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH), is designed to foster conditions for creative health to be…
A PhD studentship is on offer from the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS) to look at the development and evaluation of a “best housing” assessment tool for people living with dementia in extra care housing. The fully funded, full-time studentship seeks to understand the reasons why people with dementia move out of extra care housing…