Alzheimer’s Disease International has been producing annual reports for over a decade and they provide a most valuable resource, with up to date worldwide figures on dementia and providing a welcome global perspective. Each report is themed, for example looking…
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Dementia is certainly a growing social concern, and is increasingly discussed and portrayed in newspapers, government speeches, policy documents, films, books and more. Despite this, a lot of misunderstanding, fear and stigma still surrounds the experience of dementia, and so
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The term ‘underserved populations’ is used frequently at the moment in relation to certain groups of people affected by dementia. But what do we actually mean when we talk of an underserved population? The main issue is about the challenge of
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No, not a posh sports car but a research workshop held in Botucatu, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The full name of Lotus was Improving care in Long-term Care Institutions in Brazil and Europe through Collaboration and Research,
Learning new skills keeps the mind active, which is especially important as one gets older. Here I’ll break down how important it is to keeping exposing yourself to learning opportunities in adulthood. Scientists have found a link between more years
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Dementia is certainly a growing social concern, and is increasingly discussed and portrayed in newspapers, government speeches, policy documents, films, books and more. Despite this, a lot of misunderstanding, fear and stigma still surrounds the experience of dementia, and so
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The labels we use to describe a person can have a profound impact on our attitudes towards that individual, and resultantly how we might treat them. My PhD research has recently been examining the most common labels used in the
The Elder Interview: Dr Neil Chadborn, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham Integrating Care: Finding Commonality Between Organisations to Implement Best Practise Neil Chadborn’s research focuses on inter-professional and inter-organisational aspects of integrated care for older people. He is currently involved
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The OPAL programme (Identifying And Addressing Shared Challenges In Conducting Health And Social Care Research For Older People) was supported by The Newton Fund Researcher Links and funded by the British Council and the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). It
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Do you want to make a lasting impact on the lives of 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK? Do you want the chance to win £100,000 by developing a solution to support this growing challenge? Then you could
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