Health Awareness
Dementia
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How music and singing can support people with dementia
Dementia affects not just an individual but the whole network of family and others involved in caring. There is currently no cure, and post-diagnostic support can be patchy. However, there are effective and inexpensive ways for those living and coping with the condition to focus on existing abilities that can bring them joy and relief amid the challenges...
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“I am still me”
Chris Maddocks lives with dementia and Parkinson’s. She shares her thoughts on how support from others can overcome isolation and loneliness. I was diagnosed with young-onset vascular dementia when I was only 60 years old, in July 2016. I didn’t really understand what was happening to me before then. I went to my GP, where...
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Business benefits of becoming dementia-friendly
There are now 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and someone develops it every three minutes. It will affect everyone in every sector and every industry, from customers to staff.
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We must protect the health and wellbeing of carers
Caring for a loved one with dementia often means carers put their own health needs to the back of the queue. It’s time to make sure carers and those they support are healthy and connected.
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Care home staff must connect with residents
Caroline Baker, Barchester’s Director of Dementia Care, believes that getting to know residents is key to great dementia care.
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Prevention and earlier diagnosis of dementia could save government money
The global cost of dementia will make it a trillion dollar disease in 2018, and already exceeds the market value the world’s largest companies including Google, Exxon and Apple.
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Stigmas facing women with dementia around the world
Research shows that women not only face a greater prevalence of the condition, but also shoulder the majority of care and face the greatest stigma.
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The urgent need for Alzheimer’s biomarkers
There is an urgent need to identify biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s at the prodromal stage when future disease modifying treatments might be more efficacious.
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Why you should join an Alzheimer’s clinical trial
The UK is playing a leading role in global efforts to tackle dementia. By taking part in a clinical trial you could help researchers find a new treatment.
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Should you be thinking differently about dementia?
Most of us know someone who has been affected by dementia. Until there is a cure, we need ways of living better with this condition.
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How a care home relieved the anguish of dementia
Richard Burt was determined to care for his mum when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. But, when it became clear she wasn’t safe living by herself, he was relieved to find a cheerful, quality care home to ease the burden.
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How to reconnect as a family when living with dementia
Feelings of hopelessness, confusion and loneliness are commonplace not just in a person diagnosed with dementia, but also for relatives, close friends and partners as the disease unfolds.
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Why businesses should be dementia friendly
Businesses that can support customers living with dementia will see improved customer satisfaction and better conversations with people.
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Research is powering progress for people with dementia
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of a crucial milestone in dementia research. In 1968 a team of researchers showed that Alzheimer’s disease was the major cause of dementia.
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Alzheimer’s can be beaten through research
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of a crucial milestone in dementia research. In 1968, a team of researchers showed that Alzheimer’s disease was the major cause of dementia.
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Next generation sequencing: how technology is accelerating Alzheimer’s disease research
Researching a complex disease like Alzheimer’s is not a simple undertaking. However work being done in laboratories equipped with revolutionary technology may have a major impact on how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and how it may be treated in the future.
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Alzheimer’s research: It’s not all doom and gloom
Following more than a decade of no real progress in finding effective treatments, the need for continued research into Alzheimer’s disease is more critical than ever.
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Early diagnosis is key for tackling Alzheimer’s
Could successful dementia treatment be a matter of timing?
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Every three seconds someone in the world develops dementia
Lack of awareness remains the biggest issue facing the global dementia community. The WHO’s Global Plan was a watershed moment in dementia advocacy, but must be followed by longer-term change.
