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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Join Alzheimer’s Society in playing smartphone games to help dementia research
Become a ‘GameChanger’ urges Kevin Whately is his campaign to help the Alzheimer’s Society publicise a University of Oxford research project which is hoped will lead to a breakthrough in the hunt for a cure or new treatments for dementia. The GameChanger research project led by University of Oxford is hoping to recruit thousands of people who do […]
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BBC launches music website to help those living with dementia
The BBC has launched a new music website to help people living with dementia “reconnect with the music they have loved” and trigger happy memories.Research has highlighted the health benefits that music can play in helping people reminisce. Memories tend to be strongest from people’s teens and early twenties and reconnecting with music they associate […]
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Dementia telephone support helpline now open to those with Lewy Body dementia
The Lewy Body Society have teamed up with Dementia UK, the charity which runs the dementia specialist Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline, to provide a telephone helpline offering expert advice and information on Lewy Body Dementia. Lewy body dementia is the second most common form of age-related neurodegenerative dementia. It is thought that around 130,000 people in […]
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