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Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia

An analysis of thousands of healthcare records adds to mounting evidence that people who get the shingles vaccine in their 70s may reduce their dementia risk over the following seven years.

LiveScience

Dementia experts warn of symptoms to look out for with cases of 'time bomb' disease on the rise

Experts cautioned that there is not a 'one size fits all' when it comes to the tell-tale symptoms of dementia, but there are several common warning signs

Chronicle Live

Dementia experts share tell-tale signs of disease as one labels disease 'time bomb' for ageing population

The awful disease, which can see patients forgetting their dearest family members, affects more than 850,000 people in the UK according to the NHS

Nottingham Post

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Dementia experts reveal tell-tale signs of disease amid 'time bomb' population warning

Researchers say that improved life expectancy is leading to a rise in the number of people with Alzheimer's or another form of the disease.

Daily Record

Dementia advocates call for better funding, training for aged care workers after death of Clare Nowland

Bobby Redman was still working as a psychologist when she first noticed her symptoms. She put it down to being overworked and run down, but tests showed she had dementia.

ABC News

Dementia experts reveal tell-tale signs of disease as one warns disease is 'time bomb' in US population

Over one in 10 adults in the US over the age of 65 have dementia. Although most patients have Alzheimer's there are other less common types including Frontotemporal dementia which Hollywood star Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with

Daily Mirror

Bruce Willis fans 'moved' as he's seen smiling in rare family clip amid dementia battle

Die Hard actor Bruce Willis has left his fans feeling 'moved' after he was spotted smiling in rare family clip shared by wife Emma Heming-Willis amid her husband's dementia battle

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Hugh Dennis on importance of Outnumbered dementia storyline

The comedian is completing a 13-mile trek for the Alzheimer’s Society in London.

The Independent UK

Bruce Willis' daughter says her fiancé dumped her after her father's dementia diagnosis

Tallulah Willis has revealed she was dumped by her fiancé Dillon Buss just months after it was revealed her father Bruce Willis had been diagnosed with dementia

Daily Mirror

Findings of REM sleep research could help Australians be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease sooner

Wendy Merrington's father, uncle and grandmother all lived with dementia. She hopes a study of her sleep will reveal whether she, too, is in danger of developing a neurodegenerative condition or Parkinson's disease.

ABC News

Linda Robson wants to be 'suffocated with a pillow' if she develops dementia

Linda watched her mum, Rita, suffer from dementia and stomach cancer before she died in 2021, aged 75

Daily Mirror

Food seasoning linked to increased dementia risk in new study

Around one million people are currently suffering from dementia in the UK

Wales Online

Elderly man with dementia missing in Kerry as urgent search underway and gardai launch appeal

Liam Brassil, who has dementia and reduced mobility has been missing from his Tralee home since Thursday

Irish Mirror

Hero police dog helps trace missing West Lothian pensioner with dementia

Orca the police dog was an essential part of a police search team that helped to locate the missing John Wilson, 79, who disappeared in West Lothian on Tuesday May 30.

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WWII hero relives years as ambulance driver when paramedics visit care home

Normandy veteran with dementia who worked as 999 driver was given special ride in vintage emergency vehicle with trip down memory lane

Manchester Evening News

“Don’t be ashamed” - Tony Christie’s message to those living with dementia as he prepares to release new track thanking carers

The singer has recorded a song with for Music for Dementia for Thank You Day featuring famous musicians and a Manchester orchestra

The Guardian - UK

Bruce Willis’s daughter says family ascribed his dementia to ‘Hollywood hearing loss’

As an adolescent, Tallulah Willis thought her father’s unresponsiveness was due to a lack of interest in her life – and Die Hard

Evening Standard

What is frontotemporal dementia? Bruce Willis’s family 'know he is not going to get better'

The actor’s wife Emma Heming Willis has been her husband’s “care partner” eversince the diagnosis

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Bruce Willis' daughter Tallulah reveals first signs her father had dementia

Tallulah Willis has admitted she knew 'something was wrong for a long time' before her father Bruce Willis was sadly diagnosed with aphasia in March 2022

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian man speaks of moment he was told he had dementia at just 58

“I just want to get the message out there that you can still live well with dementia and that your life isn’t over,” said Stuart, whose mother and grandmother both had dementia.

The Independent UK

10 ways to explain dementia to children

To mark Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Society suggests the best ways to talk to kids about it. By Lisa Salmon.

The Independent UK

Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah speaks out about his early signs of dementia before announcing diagnosis

‘I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time,’ actor’s daughter said about his health

Dublin Live

Dublin woman diagnosed with Parkinson's disease to skydive to raise awareness for 60th birthday

Yvonne Lowe, 59, was diagnosed with Lewy Body Parkinson's Disease and dementia just over four years ago

ABC News

Health professionals question whether national aged care and dementia regulations have gone too far

Some health professionals say a national crackdown on chemical and physical restraints in aged care is limiting access to appropriate care for dementia patients.

Daily Record

Urgent search for elderly dementia sufferer who vanished from Scots town

John Wilson was last seen in the Westfield Farm area of Bathgate at around 11.45 on Tuesday, 30 May.

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