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Making music available to everyone living with dementia
To promote the growing body of evidence that music can be a powerful tool to help people living with dementia, a national campaign has been launched to demonstrate the importance of music in dementia care. The campaign website Music for Dementia 2020 is the first ever central information hub for advice. It provides evidence-based […]
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The dementia assistance dogs that are helping to provide care and comfort
As the number of people diagnosed with a form of dementia continues to grow, assistance dogs trained specifically to help meet the needs of people living with dementia could provide a valuable new method of providing comfort and care.Dementia dogs joining the ranks of assistance dogsThere is plenty of truth in the phrase “man’s best […]
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5 tips to help you enjoy a dementia friendly Christmas
Christmas is a great time to catch up with family and friends and is an occasion everyone wants to enjoy.But for people living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, the break in routine and unfamiliar faces and surroundings that festive celebrations often bring may prove stressful. Noisy, large gatherings that are too bright, too crowded and over-long […]
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Support Elf Day and help raise money to beat dementia
Elf Day this year is on 7th December and Alzheimer’s Society are asking everyone to join them in sprinkling some festive cheer and raise much needed funds to to support people with dementia and their families.What is Elf Day?Elf Day is a fabulous festive fundraiser designed to get you in the Christmas spirit whilst raising […]
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