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Alzheimer’s Society is funding an exciting research project which aims to show that music can do more than comfort – it can ...
Sue Noakes has young-onset Alzheimer's disease and shares how counselling and continuing with mindful hobbies helped ...
People with dementia often carry out the same activity, make the same gesture, say the same thing, make the same noise or ask the same question over and over. Repetition may be because of memory loss.
Difficult questions a person with dementia might ask and how to respond Asking for a partner, friend or relative who has died. If they are asking for a partner, relative or friend who has died, ...
What is sundowning? Sometimes you might see changes in the person’s behaviour in the later afternoon or towards the end of the day. During this time the person may become intensely distressed, ...
Research in high-collision or high-impact sports, mostly boxing and American football, has linked multiple mild head injuries, such as concussion, to a condition called chronic traumatic ...
Society isn’t listening to people with dementia – but we are. Turning Up the Volume: unheard voices of people with dementia is a report containing the findings from Alzheimer’s Society’s largest-ever ...
Find out why possible links between contact sports and dementia must be balanced against the benefits of physical exercise on the brain. Please note - This information reflects the evidence at the ...
Severe head injury (of any cause) is an established risk factor for dementia. For example, a recent study of nearly 200,000 US veterans suggested that there was a 60% increase in the risk for ...
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