Statins, anti-inflammatory drugs, alcoholic drinks and coffee have all been linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s, scientists have said. But diabetes, depression and high blood pressure can increase
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This year has seen the publication of two reports highlighting the fact that dementia disproportionately affects women. (Alzheimer’s Disease International and Women and Dementia: a marginalised majority) Behind these important
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Older people are far less likely to be given life-saving treatment than younger cancer patients but this does not mean they do not want it, a charity has warned. Macmillan
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Two care home owners and a care assistant have been convicted of ill-treating a 99-year-old dementia sufferer who was immersed in a scalding hot bath. A jury at Preston Crown
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A care home deputy manager tried to take more than £22,000 belonging to an elderly resident, a tribunal heard. Ratnamanee Bundhoo obtained three signed cheques in the summer of 2012
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A joint inspection of services for older people in Glasgow has praised the quality of some services, but also made ten recommendations for improvement. The joint inspection was carried out
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A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish. The brain “organoid” was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about
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A “depraved” female care worker has been jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting three elderly people at a residential care home, police said. Christina Sethi, 25, admitted five offences
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The Government’s ambition to find a cure for dementia by 2025 has been boosted by a big rise in people volunteering to take part in ground-breaking research studies. During the
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The Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, a joint partnership between University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Alzheimer Scotland, is hosting a number of public dementia-related events
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