Issue: March/April 2022

Obituary – Claire Goodchild

Claire Goodchild, CEO of Dementia Carers Count, died at the end of last year after several months of illness. Claire was instrumental in building Dementia Carers Count (DCC) to continue the Royal Surgical Aid Society legacy, with a renewed focus on supporting unpaid family carers of people with dementia. From 2015, Claire worked to develop...

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Book review

Living a good life with Dementia: A practitioner’s guide  Liz Leach Murphy and Jayna Patel, Critical Publishing, ISBN 9781914171567, £24.99.   My name is Willy and I have Alzheimer’s disease, as does my friend Gerry. So what does that mean you know about us? I have a passion for painting, the Beatles and Mediterranean food. Gerry...

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Blogs I’m Watching

There is now compelling evidence of an association between head injuries sustained in football or rugby and dementia in later life.  In his blog self-styled “Alzheimer’s Spouse” Allan S Vann reminds us that this debate has an even longer history in American football.  Researchers at Penn State University reported last year, Allan says, that a...

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