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Alzheimer’s Research UK has a mission to make breakthroughs possible by supporting the efforts in scientific research on dementia. It is an ambitious and challenging goal.
I love food, as I’m sure a lot of people do. Whether it be the smell of your favourite meal or the memory of cooking with a loved one, the majority of us would call food an experience rather than something we’re told we have to do 3 times a day.
I recently attended an international research workshop that aimed to elicit the views of attending ‘experts’ in the field of dementia research and care. The focus of the workshop was to explore methodology that examined the receptivity of ‘early
It was back in January that I first blogged here about the Challenge Dementia Prize.
This new edited collection originated from a research seminar series funded by the British Psychological Society in 2014 – the idea being to showcase a wide variety of psychological approaches to ageing.
Japan is a ‘super ageing society’, in which a currently reported 4.6 million people live with dementia. This figure is expected to nearly double over the next 10 years.
I arrived in London for this event as a sceptic about research as my remit is the here and now.
I went for curiosity and to see what was actually happening out there in the world of research.
Dementia is certainly a growing social concern, and is increasingly discussed and portrayed in newspapers, government speeches, policy documents, films, books and more.
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.
Dementia and Human Rights by Suzanne Cahill, Policy Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4473-3140-7.