Newtown Abbey Times | Raising community awareness of dementia services Newtown Abbey Times Raising community awareness of dementia services. Lesley Killen and Colin Downey, from the Alzheimer's Society, pictured at awareness raising event for Dementia Awareness Week in Tesco, Newtownabbey. INNT 22-481-CON. Published on the 29 May Alzheimer's Awareness Month: Remembering your loved ones Volunteers needed to help support Alzheimers victims and families Alzheimer's roadshow stops off in Ammanford |
Month: May 2014
Cynics three times more likely to suffer from dementia – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk | Cynics three times more likely to suffer from dementia Telegraph.co.uk Dr Doug Brown of the Alzheimer's Society said: "While this research attempts to make a link between higher levels of cynical distrust and risk of dementia, there were far too few people in this study that actually developed dementia to be able to draw ... |
Birches to hold series on Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia – Bucks County Courier Times
Birches to hold series on Alzheimer's Disease, dementia Bucks County Courier Times NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Birches at Newtown Personal Care and Memory Care facility will hold a two-part educational series on Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The series is free and open to the public. However, anyone interested in attending one ... |
Aging baby boomers could mean increase in dementia, Alzheimer’s patients – Sawyer County Record
Aging baby boomers could mean increase in dementia, Alzheimer's patients Sawyer County Record In Wisconsin, it's estimated that about 120,000 people have Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Those numbers could triple by 2050 because of the aging Baby Boomer population, experts say. While many dementia caregivers currently face ... |
Online memory test developed by Toronto medical clinic aimed at a society … – National Post
Regina Leader-Post | Online memory test developed by Toronto medical clinic aimed at a society ... National Post But in an era when the spectre of Alzheimer's hovers above older people like a neurological Damocles sword, the Calgary resident could not help but wonder just how sharp her faculties were. “I'm in the over-70 ... “We certainly hear a lot about dementia.”. Online memory test aimed at a society increasingly worried over Alzheimer's New test may help in early detection of dementia Baycrest memory experts launch 'thermometer' for the mind |
Brain ‘thermometer’ measures dementia – Windsor Star (blog)
Windsor Star (blog) | Brain 'thermometer' measures dementia Windsor Star (blog) ... measures dementia. Doctor Angela Troyer, a psychologist at Baycrest Health Sciences, is part of a new online memory test to let people see if they might have cognitive problems, including possible early Alzheimer's. (Peter J. Thompson/Postmedia News). Online memory test aimed at a society increasingly worried over Alzheimer's Want to know how good your memory actually is? New test may help in early detection of dementia |
ADI advocates for global public policy on dementia, Alzheimer’s – Trinidad News
ADI advocates for global public policy on dementia, Alzheimer's Trinidad News The programme included sessions on: “Dementia as a Global Priority,” “Nutrition and Dementia,” “Improving Care for Persons with Dementia” and the result of the latest research on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. ADI released two important statements ... |
Don’t despair: dementia will be cured – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk | Don't despair: dementia will be cured Telegraph.co.uk The most common form of adult dementia is Alzheimer's disease, named after Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), who first described its symptoms and pathological character in a lecture in 1906. Alzheimer's disease is now one of the most feared and debilitating ... |
Breakthrough in the battle against dementia as protein offers new hope for … – Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk | Breakthrough in the battle against dementia as protein offers new hope for ... Express.co.uk Dr Simon Ridley, head of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: “It is interesting that a protein that can be harmful in some diseases could be protective in others and highlights the complexity of the human body and the challenges facing dementia ... |
Gurnee approves assisted-living facility for Alzheimer’s, other dementia clients – Chicago Daily Herald
Gurnee approves assisted-living facility for Alzheimer's, other dementia clients Chicago Daily Herald Gurnee was selected for the Autumn Leaves because there are no facilities in the immediate area offering assisted living to clients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to LaSalle Group. Trustees recently voted 6-0 in favor of ... |