JDC202601 Research

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has shared a good practice example of how to involve African Caribbean communities in dementia research and awareness.  Their example focuses on Bettina Wallace, a co-researcher with NIHR ARC East Midlands on the DEM-COMM dementia capacity programme. Bettina has personal experience of dementia and has become…

A study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry has shown that people aged 70+ who regularly listen to music or play an instrument have a lower risk of developing dementia.  The study was led by researchers at Australia’s Monash University, who analysed data from 10,893 Australians who were 70+ and dementia-free when they…