Boost for research funding

A research funding package for neurodegenerative diseases will see the government pump an additional £375 million into studies covering Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, among other things.  While welcoming additional investment in research, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) said that “the devil is in the detail,” including whether it would be new…

On the high seas

Woking’s Bernard Sunley care home, run by charity Friends for the Elderly, has been taking residents on a virtual round-the-world “cruise” complete with cultural experiences appropriate to each destination.  Among those “aboard” HMS Bernard Sunley are (pictured) Brian Moore with an appetising Mediterranean cocktail and Rose Simmons with some Spanish souvenirs.  “Our cruise passengers have…