Age UK says the government has listened to its concerns over social care
A statement from the Age UK Campaigns team: In a Spending Review on the 4th September, the Government has listened to its deep concerns and promised extra money for social care. Age UK previously said that a says a big cash injection at the Spending Review would be...
Positive results from Phase II trial for Alzheimer’s
Axon Neuroscience announces positive results from Phase II trial for a cure to Alzheimer’s Disease – Alzheimer’s Society comments. On 9th September 2019, Axon Neuroscience has announced the results of the Phase II trial for AADvac1, its first-in-class vaccine aimed...
How to cope with anger in a person with dementia
Dementia can increase a person’s frustration and cause mood swings. This is partly because daily tasks are tougher to complete. Regularly losing a purse, keys or other personal items can frustrate the person and lead them to lose their temper, especially if they have...
Protein tangles linked with dementia seen in patients’ brains after single head injury
Protein tangles linked with dementia seen for the first time in patients’ brains after a single head injury, according to Alzheimer’s Society. Scientists have visualised for the first time protein ‘tangles’ associated with dementia in the brains of patients who...
Elderly should consider residential care before a ‘health crisis’
Elderly people would feel more in control of their lives if they thought about a future move to assisted accommodation or residential care before health problems force them to. This is according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of...
Dame Barbara Windsor and Scott Mitchell stand with Alzheimer’s Society
Dame Barbara Windsor and Scott Mitchell stand with Alzheimer’s Society at No.10 to demand dementia care reform. Dame Barbara Windsor and her husband Scott Mitchell as well as Alzheimer’s Society CEO Jeremy Hughes and Director of Policy Sally Copley met with...
Talking to a person with dementia
Dementia Action Week takes place on 20-26 May and is a campaign by Alzheimer’s Society to show that everyone can take action by starting a conversation with a person living with dementia. I have to be honest. I’m not big on ‘health days’ and awareness weeks in...
Dementia and bereavement
When it comes to looking after a person with dementia, I have always felt there are three main issues you have to come to terms with. Firstly, you have to make sure your loved one is safe and well in the present. You also have to think about the future and what care...