Engage: St Andrews – A dementia friendly community
Dr Maggie Ellis, Fellow in Dementia Care at the St Andrews University, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at making St Andrews a dementia friendly community. Here she shares with
Read MoreDr Maggie Ellis, Fellow in Dementia Care at the St Andrews University, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at making St Andrews a dementia friendly community. Here she shares with
Read MoreSea Hero Quest is an innovative new mobile game specifically designed to create the world’s largest crowd sourced data set to benchmark human spatial navigation. Launched by Deutsche Telekom, one
Read MoreA pioneering study led by researchers from the University of Sheffield is helping to give a voice to children and young adults who are living with a parent with dementia.
Read MoreManchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan universities are teaming up in a new initiative to combat dementia in the region and beyond. To mark Dementia Awareness Week last week, leading researchers
Read MoreInternational researchers gathered in the Midlands to start work on a ground-breaking new design project, called ‘MinD’, which will harness cutting-edge design to benefit people with dementia. Representatives from Germany,
Read MorePeople put off visiting their GP with symptoms of dementia due to fears that their lives “will be over”, research suggests. A poll for the Alzheimer’s Society found 56% of
Read MoreA pan-European consortium of researchers and diagnostics experts led by Plymouth University, has received funding of €3.5 million for a project which could revolutionise the effectiveness of Alzheimer’s diagnosis and
Read MoreYoga and meditation are more effective than memory exercises for combating the mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s, research has shown. Scientists compared the two approaches in a group of
Read MoreDementia sufferers are unwittingly paying millions for NHS services that should be free, a damning new report has concluded. One in five care homes in England are being wrongly charged
Read MoreA discovery linking nerve stress and Alzheimer’s could pave the way for a completely new approach to treating the disease, scientists believe. Researchers found that a protein known to drive
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