Today the dementia diagnosis rate target (that 66.7% of people living with dementia in England should have a diagnosis) has ...

A nationwide clinical trial aiming to revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed is now underway. Research teams will assess how blood tests could be used to detect dementia at various stages. The Blood ...

How much will it cost to use a care home? "As someone’s support and supervision needs increase, homecare costs can be very high, so care homes can be a more affordable way to get the right level of ...

My dad was born in 1934 in Suffolk – he left school at 14 and joined my grandad on the fishing boats in the North Sea. It was a very hard life, and from there, he went into the Royal Navy and served ...

“My mum has always been my best friend, my whole life,” says Helen about her mother, Sue. “She was the only person that ever really understood me. “Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2015. I ...

Our dementia expert shares advice on spotting the signs of young-onset dementia, also sometimes referred to as early-onset dementia, following actor Pauline Quirke's diagnosis. Following the ...

Changes in the blood vessels can happen in many types of dementia, including vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies. Interruptions in the brain’s blood flow can cause ...

Nature can have very therapeutic benefits – I know my mood can be transformed just by stepping outside. So it’s disappointing to think that enjoying the outdoors is something that gets progressively ...

There are over 120 drugs being tested in clinical trials, and two, lecanemab and donanemab, have made headline news as the UK’s first-ever approved drugs for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Sometimes a person with dementia can lose their inhibitions and may behave in ways that others find embarrassing. Sometimes a person with dementia can lose their inhibitions and may behave in ways ...

From Care and cure magazine - Autumn 2015, find out about research into the effect of dementia on young people. Dr Sahdia Parveen is a post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Dementia Studies, ...