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Dubbo's Sing Out Choir for people with dementia holds first major concert

A music program that's "just like a party" is changing moods and improving the language skills of people with dementia.

ABC News

It's time for us all to talk about dementia – which is so much more than forgetting

MY mother asks me frequently: “Where am I? What is this place?” She cranes her neck to look out of a window as if the view – newly revealed…

The National (Scotland)

Dogs with dementia also have sleep problems, finds study

Humans with condition can have disturbed sleep, and similar symptoms in dogs indicate cognitive decline is under way

The Guardian - UK

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'Exciting' discovery that £7 pill designed to treat HIV 'could cure Alzheimer's' as well

It is hoped repurposing the medication will reverse memory loss in older people

Wales Online

UK on verge of new dawn for dementia treatments, says taskforce chair

Today’s generation of older people could be last to face untreatable Alzheimer’s – but only if NHS overhauls care

The Guardian - UK

HIV drug may help protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins – study

A common characteristic of diseases such as Huntington’s disease and various forms of dementia is the build-up in the brain of proteins.

The Independent UK

Bungling burglar smashes his way into wrong home while trying to get revenge

Nathan Goforth, 48, smashed through an office window in a 'revenge' burglary - only to discover he had accidentally ended up inside a care home for dementia patients

Daily Mirror

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Bruce Willis becomes a grandfather for the first time as daughter Rumer gives birth

The news comes two months after it was announced that Willis had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia

Evening Standard

The memory cafe helping people with Alzheimer's 'live well' in Swansea

The cafe helps people diagnosed with the disease - and also the people caring for them

Wales Online

ITV This Morning viewers taken aback by Tony Christie as they confess to 'soft spot' for singer

The '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo' singer opened up about his dementia diagnosis as he appeared live on the show on his birthday

Manchester Evening News

A bastard's tale worthy of the Anzac legend

Apart from its historical significance, it's a rollicking good yarn.

Newcastle Herald

Alzheimer's hope as world's first trial of new drug that could REVERSE disease underway

Scientists at University College London are hoping the 'gene silencing drug'' could curb a protein linked to the brain damage caused by Alzheimer's, heralding new hopes for patients

Daily Mirror

'My wife got told she had dementia - then we just got left in limbo'

Jeff Seneviratne says the care he received from the NHS while he had cancer is incomparable to his wife's experience of dementia

Manchester Evening News

Singing is healing for Richard Haeata, who is refusing to let dementia take the joy of music

For the past seven years Richard TeRito Haeata has performed a powerful Maori hymn with a choir at the Dawn Service in Sydney's Martin Place. But a diagnosis almost stopped him from singing for good.

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Urgent appeal to find missing man with dementia 'who may be very confused'

William, 75, is thought to be travelling on foot and alone with an M&S bag

The National (Scotland)

The UK's first outdoor dementia resource centre opens in Cairngorms National Park

THE UK’s first ever outdoor dementia resource centre has opened in Scotland.

Daily Record

Alzheimer's symptoms as study finds common pill could reduce risk of disease

Scientists discovered that people who popped the drugs before bedtime had fewer rogue brain proteins linked to the disease.

The Guardian - UK

Crossing the lines: photography without frontiers at Kyotographie 2023 – photo essay

The 11th edition of Kyoto’s celebrated photo festival enjoys stunning venues across the city and explores a range of issues including grief, dementia, discrimination and migration

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Daily Record

Simple memory test may predict early dementia risk years before symptoms appear

Researchers found a test which may be able to determine cognitive impairment risks before symptoms begin.

Daily Record

Callous daughter blew dementia-stricken dad's £50k care home fee savings

A sheriff warned that Alison Carson could be jailed, saying it was “shocking “ that she insists she did nothing wrong in spending the money which belonged to her now-deceased father.

Daily Mirror

Woman spent £50k meant for dad's care and turned to scratchcards to try and replace cash

Alison Carson took thousands from accounts belonging to dementia stricken Hugh McMath, 88, before resorting to buying lottery scratchcards in a desperate attempt to replace the cash

Daily Mirror

'I quit my job to care for my parents - the 'sandwich generation' need more support'

After 43,000 women in the UK left their jobs last year to care for family members, mum-of-two Hayley Timson is sharing the reality of the 'sandwich generation', juggling elderly parents and young kids

Daily Record

Risk of dementia could be lowered by simple heart op, medical experts say

The straightforward procedure was found to slash patients' risk of dementia by a third.

Daily Mirror

Top misconceptions about dementia - such as it always includes memory loss

A third of Brits say they don't know much about dementia - with one in five wrongly believing that dementia and Alzheimer's are two names for the same condition

Al Jazeera

Air pollution impacts every stage of human life, report finds

From foetal development to dementia, 10 years of studies show the adverse impact of air pollution.

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