WYLD NEWS BLOG
Catch up on the latest news from across the WYLD network.
WYLD at AAIC 2025
WYLD joined AAIC 2025 with presentations, panels, and networking in Toronto. Check out our highlights from the world’s largest dementia research event!
AAIC-WYLD Fellowship 2025: Winners Announced
We are proud to announce the recipients of the AAIC-WYLD fellowships, who attended AAIC 2025 in Toronto, Canada.
Announcing New Milestones and Leadership at WYLD
The appointment of Dr. Lucía Crivelli, Ph.D., as the new Chair, and Dr. Jorge Llibre Guerra, MD, MS, as the Vice-Chair of the World Young Leaders in Dementia (WYLD) Network.
When social factors do not improve learning: different disruptions across neurodegenerative disease
Picture yourself at the grocery store. You’re piling up your weekly shopping goods upon the conveyor belt while your mind is drifting away into your daily responsibilities.
Dementia across the world: Adaptation or Innovation?
There is a problematic disjunction in dementia research: by 2050, it is estimated that most people living with dementia will reside in countries where there is lower economic development.
Improving the Quality of Life of Black American Dementia Pairs
I wanted to share a personal story, which has shaped how I see the world, the care I provide as a clinician, and the research I conduct.
Current challenges for dementia caregiving in Latin America: the role of Brain Health Diplomacy
In the Academy Award-winning film The Father, we see Anthony Hopkins’ character struggling with symptoms of dementia.
Gender and socio-economic differences in modifiable risk factors for dementia throughout the life course
There are pervasive gender inequalities in modifiable risk factors for dementia, which place women at a disadvantage throughout the life course.
Developing a digital version of a dementia care training course during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacts on people living with dementia. Social measures against COVID-19.
WYLD Perspectives: World Dementia Council Technology Round Table
The recent World Dementia Council Technology Roundtable examined the emerging technological developments helping to reduce risk and improving participation for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Learning disabilities and dementia
In recognition of World Down’s Syndrome Day, Jane Nickels, a Learning Disabilities Admiral Nurse at MacIntyre shares how people with learning disabilities.
Muscle maintenance: a new avenue for dementia prevention?
Have you ever spent time with an older loved one and noticed they’re not able to lift things as easily as they once did? Perhaps it takes them a little
Meeting the emotional demands of family caregiving with self-compassion
Providing care to a family member with dementia can be an emotionally rich and rewarding experience. But it can also be demanding and stressful.
The role of education in dementia-enabling design
We are the sum of all parts, and in the face of cognitive impairment, our environments can take on enabling or disabling roles.
Online Support Groups for Carers during Covid-19
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.