Simple eye and smell tests could be used to spot dementia years before sufferers experience memory symptoms, new research suggests. Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of
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An elderly prisoner with dementia was kept handcuffed in hospital until shortly before his death. The 77-year-old was attached to an officer via an “escort chain”, which has a handcuff
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There has been widespread welcome of a new report from the Alzheimer’s Society which aims to tackle issues surrounding dementia in rural areas of Wales. ‘Dementia in Rural Wales’, which
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Care workers and GMB union members delivering vital dementia care across the Isle of Bute will this morning demonstrate against a decision by Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care
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A specialist judge has expressed concern about the way an elderly woman living in a care home was “covertly” given medication. Judge Peter Bellamy said the use of covert medication
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A new social enterprise, Creating Conversations, is launching an innovative activity kit at the University of Stirling to encourage creative activities among people living with dementia. The toolkit, developed by Artlink
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The benefits of the written and spoken word to people with dementia and those who care for them, will be celebrated at the launch of the National Memory Day project
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Drives to increase the number of people getting an early diagnosis of dementia are “pointless” because there are not adequate support systems in place, leading doctors have said. Top medics
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Claims used to promote some supplements for preventing dementia or aiding brain health are not backed up by scientific evidence, according to a report. A panel of experts tasked by
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To mark Delirium Awareness Week (14 to 21 June), the HSC Safety Forum, part of the Public Health Agency (PHA), and Dementia Together NI, with the support of James Nesbitt,
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