The number of older people in Ireland looks set to almost double over the next 15 years, according to new research. By 2031, there will be nearly one million people
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Background: Improving dementia care quality is an urgent priority nationally and internationally. Life story work (LSW) is an intervention that aims to improve individual outcomes and care for people with
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Significant effort needs to be made to improve out-of-hours support for people who are dying and their families in Scotland. A Freedom of Information request made by Sue Ryder revealed
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Vaughan Gething, the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, is to give a keynote speech at an event focusing on dementia. The University of South Wales (USW)
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A simple blood test is being developed that can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in people with poor memory. British scientists have identified a set of protein biomarkers that
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A pensioner who shot his 81-year-old wife dead at a care home has been sentenced to six years in a psychiatric hospital. Ronald King, 87, formed the “settled intention” to
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An 87-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 80s died at a care home. Detectives are investigating what happened at Poppyfields care home
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A landmark £6.9 million trial that could mark a turning point in tackling Alzheimer’s disease has been launched in the UK. The Deep and Frequent Phenotyping study, backed by the
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Two teenagers who found and cared for a 90-year-old dementia sufferer who had gone missing from a care home have been praised for their “outstanding act of kindness”. Hannah Wells
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More than half of people who have taken money out under pension freedoms have not planned for future care costs, a new study shows. A survey of 500 people who
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