The Long Goodbye – Alzheimer’s Society film
The Alzheimer’s Society has launched a new film – you can view it here:
Further comment from Dementia Community will follow in due course.
Dementia UK has teamed up with the Nationwide Building Society to provide Admiral Nurse clinics within some branches of the Nationwide. It is expected that over the next three years at least 100,000 people living with dementia and their carers will benefit from attending one of these dementia clinics, which will provide a free, 45-minute…
The Daily Sparkle has launched Reminisce Radio. Reminisce Radio is a dementia-friendly radio station offering music, stories, poetry, and reminiscence designed to spark memories and conversations. Reminisce Radio can be played via Alexa devices by following these steps: – Open the Alexa app on your tablet or smartphone – Select ‘Skills and Games’ – Search…
Advice for carers and people with dementia on the cost-of-living crisis comes from Admiral Nurse charity Dementia UK. Worries about household finances as energy bills rise can be compounded by loss of employment or caring responsibilities, Dementia UK points out, so the charity has compiled advice on how better to manage finances in the face…
Longstanding friends of the UK Dementia Congress and JDC, Philly Hare and Rachel Niblock, have stepped down from their roles with Innovations in Dementia. We have worked with Philly and Rachel for many years through their time at Innovations in Dementia as they have supported people with dementia to have a pivotal role in our…
Health secretary Sajid Javid has held out the prospect of a 10-year plan to prevent dementia and boost funding for research. Speaking at Alzheimer’s Society’s annual conference, Javid pledged that the plan – the government’s long awaited dementia strategy now expected later this year – would focus on how medicines, science and technology can be…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved donanemab, a drug for Alzheimer’s disease, for people in the US with confirmed amyloid positivity and a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab is an antibody-based treatment intended to remove amyloid. It is given as an infusion into a person’s arm…