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...
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...