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Tom Dening
Professor of Dementia Research
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
Tom is the head of the Centre for Dementia in the Institute of Mental Health at Nottingham. With over 20 years experience as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, he is currently an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Tom has extensive NHS management and leadership experience.
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January 25, 2016
A binturong is twice as long: You might have thought It’s very short - In spite of that It’s round and fat A binturong is twice as long. A binturong will get it wrong: ...
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January 25, 2016
I think people ‘get’ Dementia-Friends or even Dementia-Champions and associated campaigns and events. Dementia-Friendly Communities (or cities) I think may require a bit more work to convey to many people. I’m currently musing how this latest campaign may develop and...
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December 1, 2015
Peter Ashley died on 10th November 2015. This brings to an end a remarkable life and he is much missed by the people who knew him. He made a great contribution to how dementia is perceived, spoken about and responded...
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November 17, 2015
TAnDem is short for The Arts aNd DEMentia. It is the joint Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) hosted by the Centre for Dementia, University of Nottingham, and the Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester. TAnDem is one of eight DTCs...
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November 17, 2015
Hearing loss is common as we get older. Age is the main risk factor for dementia. The two conditions may occur together, but can deafness cause dementia? It’s harder to tell than you might suppose, since one of the key...
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November 16, 2015
I am relatively new in the world of academia but it is obvious that research and especially the money to pay for it is a big preoccupation in this sector. A great deal of time and energy is spent thinking...
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November 10, 2015
I’ve always loved books. My mother would borrow a fresh batch from the town library each Thursday and we would devour them. Books have always been great presents as even the ones you wouldn’t have picked out to buy for...
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November 10, 2015
Apathy is a curious thing. It has various definitions, most of which have two components – one to do with lack of interest, concern, enthusiasm, and the other to do with lack of emotion. Is it a mental state, that...
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November 6, 2015
Developing dementia is dreaded more than any other medical condition, at least by people of middle age and upwards. It’s often said in conversation that we would rather be dead than live like that. This week the media has featured...
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October 28, 2015
This isn’t about dementia at all but it’s about what dominated the weekend for this researcher. The tale begins a while ago. Concerned at stories about declining numbers of bees across the world, I must have said something like, ‘We should keep bees...
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