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 […]

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 […]