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...
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 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 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 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...
Moving more in old age may protect brain from dementia – Alzheimer’s Society comments. A study by Rush University Medical Centre, published today in Neurology, suggests that older adults who move more than average – either in the...
