As a volunteer raising awareness, you’ll help make sure the real needs and concerns of people with dementia and their carers are addressed. Dementia is Britain’s biggest killer. There are 850,000 ...
(Clarinda) -- Efforts are underway to assist those battling dementia in Clarinda.
A walk to raise awareness for the 1,600 people living with dementia in Jersey is set to take place later. The Memory Walk, set up by Dementia Jersey, will begin at 10:30 BST from La Frégate to St ...
with September 21 marked as a day to raise dementia awareness and support people affected by the condition. To mark the occasion, Ons Tuis care home dedicated its Kuieruur (visiting hour ...
DLB is caused by the buildup of a protein called alpha-synuclein, which forms deposits called Lewy bodies inside neurons. Over time, these deposits interfere with normal cellular functions, causing a ...
A week after their Virtual Dementia Tour, the Beyond Dementia Coalition partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association’s Georgia ...
Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...
In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...
It took 19 years for the symptoms to emerge. Tom Beyrer, who served for six months as a police officer at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, was 65 when his ...
"Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month is an important opportunity to raise awareness of this underdiagnosed but prevalent condition that can be devastating for patients and their loved ones," said ...
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