Image Credit: © monkeybusinessimages When I started my PhD in 2019 I set out to investigate the effectiveness and accessibility of support groups for carers of people with dementia. I...
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Improvement Cymru - Public Health Wales The Wales International Dementia Conference 2021 took place virtually on 2nd and 3rd February, hosted by Public Health Wales Improvement Cymru and The Royal...
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‘Hope in The Age of Dementia’, in these uncertain and difficult times of the coronavirus pandemic the title for the virtual conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) couldn’t be more...
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Hampstead Beach, Dominica, W.I. Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampstead_Beach_(Dominica).jpg In the midst of the global pandemic, we are all acutely aware of the impact of Covid-19 and the subsequent social isolation has...
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Photo credit: Tijana - Fotolia.com As there is still no cure for dementia, reducing our risk of cognitive decline in later life through dementia prevention strategies becomes increasingly important. Dementia...
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A decade ago, I undertook a research project that looked at what factors helped people positively adapt to entering an aged care facility. During this time,I came across a literature...
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‘I am anxious that I will make mistakes.’ This is just one of the many diary entries in ‘Remembering What I Have Forgotten’: a diary written from the perspective of...
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Photo credited to Pxfuel: https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-jrodx Up to 70% of us will experience a psychologically traumatic event in our lives. Traumatic events are those that threaten our safety and overwhelm our...
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Picture credit to: https://pixabay.com/vectors/brain-prescription-medication-drugs-5336763/ There are 54 million people living dementia worldwide. It is projected that this number will grow to 130 million people with dementia by 2050, and there...
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A poster for the 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference 2020 From the 20th of October to the 22nd of October the 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference ‘Dementia in a changing world’ took...
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