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Alzheimer Scotland has used Scottish Dementia Awareness Week 2025 to highlight the importance of friendship for enhancing wellbeing in every stage of dementia, both for people living with dementia and family/unpaid carers/care partners.  Under the banner of their ‘Every step’ campaign, Alzheimer Scotland shared stories from people personally affected by dementia talking about how friendship…

Waiting times for memory assessment services increased markedly during the pandemic, an audit conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has indicated. Average waiting times from memory service referral to diagnosis increased by more than a third between 2019 and 2021, rising from 13 weeks to 17.7 weeks on average. The audit also indicated that…

Older people with dementia are missing out on vital talking therapies that could significantly improve their lives, according to the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).  Taking the opportunity of World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September) to highlight the problem, BACP warned that depression was often confused with dementia and that the depression was wrongly…

The Filo Project, a local dementia day care non-profit organisation, has celebrated its 10th birthday.   The Filo Project is a social enterprise where hosts welcome small groups of older people with early to moderate dementia into their home for the day. Hosts collect clients and bring them into their home for a home-cooked lunch and…

A 10-year dementia strategy setting out a long-term vision for change has been published by the Scottish Government.  The strategy, titled “Everyone’s Story”, promises to address thorny issues like long waits for a diagnosis, consistent access to good quality post-diagnostic support, well-coordinated care and support, and access to palliative care. Implementation of the strategy will…

Alzheimer’s Society have been sharing more information about their Blood Biomarker Challenge. The Challenge, a collaboration with Alzheimer’s Research UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is aiming to gather the information needed to introduce a blood test for dementia into the UK healthcare system. It is funded through a £5m award from…