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A new study is finding out whether smart-glasses could provide support for people with dementia for their everyday activities around the house. The study will test an app called CrossSense which links to the smart-glasses. The app will provide audio and visual support for people with dementia. The aim is to help them interact with […]

New research looking at music therapy has found that it could improve care and reduce distress for people living with dementia. The research has benefitted patients on dementia wards, including Richard. He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2022. His wife, Suzanne, a Special Needs Consultant from Cambridge, says that the music therapy is “a […]

To mark World Alzheimer’s Month, we have created a new video to encourage people of South Asian heritage to take part in dementia research.  In this video, researchers and members of the public speak about their experiences with dementia and why taking part in research is so important.  Sania For Sania Rehman, Local Services Manager […]

A new study into using blood tests to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis is welcoming its first participants. The ADAPT (Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Plasma pTau217) study is investigating whether a blood test can improve the early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. It is being led by Professor Jonathan Schott and Dr Ashvini Keshavan at University […]

Memory and thinking difficulties in older adults can affect their mood and wellbeing. Diet is one of the factors which seems to influence memory and thinking.  Piril Hepsomali, an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Reading, is leading a study on whether prebiotic fibres in our diet can impact our brain’s processing. Piril […]

An online toolkit designed to improve crisis support for people with dementia has been welcomed by healthcare staff. However, new research has found that it did not lead to a reduction in psychiatric hospital admissions. The AQUEDUCT programme aimed to support Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia (TMCDs) through a new toolkit. TMCDs are community-based healthcare […]

A programme designed to improve sleep for people living at home with dementia is more cost-effective than usual care, new research has found. These findings support rolling out this programme for people with dementia who are experiencing sleep disturbances, as well as their carers. Sleep problems are a common and distressing issue for people with […]

Stephen is a retired social worker who lives in The Wirral, Merseyside. He spoke to us about his experience of participating in an Alzheimer’s research study and why it meant so much to him. Stephen said: “For me, it feels a privilege really to be able to be part of research – and hopefully it’ll […]

Professor Vanessa Raymont is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. She is a highly experienced psychiatrist with over 25 years research experience in the UK and USA. In this blog, she writes about the READ-OUT study into blood tests for dementia. Clinical […]

Dr Jenna Littlejohn from the University of Manchester, alongside Dr Ross Dunne from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, is leading a new research study into hearing and dementia. The Auditory Biomarkers of Healthy Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease (ABHAD) study looks at how hearing changes in people with Alzheimer’s disease compared to healthy people. […]