Napping once a day or for more than an hour a day are indicators for older adults that they have a 40 per cent greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. The researchers also found that Alzheimer’s doubled nap duration and frequency for those living with the condition.
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…
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…
100 Voices, a not-for-profit project looking to capture and publish a collection of personal stories from individuals who are driving improvement in healthcare, is looking for participants. Led by Dr Andrea Gibbons, founder of The QI Hub, it is a collaborative project that aims to inspire, motivate and educate by amplifying the voices of those…
The University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies have published new resources to support their DemECH Project, which explored how Extra Care Housing can help people to live well with dementia. The new resources, which are all available for free, are: Key insights booklets An infographic A series of short videos Find out more here:…
You can’t be person-centred without being culturally inclusive, and you can’t be culturally inclusive without being person-centred. The two go hand in hand. Dr Karan Jutlla, Head of the Centre for Applied and Inclusive Health Research and Dementia Lead, University of Wolverhampton, opened her address with this statement, and went on to give telling examples…
A new blood test developed at Pittsburgh University may hold the key to diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease relatively inexpensively. Results published in the journal Brain show that the test reliably detects a biomarker called “brain-derived tau”, using an antibody that selectively binds this protein found specifically in the blood of people with Alzheimer’s. “At present, diagnosing…