‘Pick an argument –or read out loud’ said the headline, with a story that suggests that having a vigorous discussion or reading out loud to
It’s good to announce that our latest little book, ‘Caring for an Elderly Parent: When Grandma Came to Stay’ is published today! It’s been written
A study by the Alzheimer’s Society finds that nine out of 10 dementia carers are stressed, anxious or depressed. No shock there, Sherlock. Your average
DEMENTIA: PATHWAYS TO HOPE is officially released today – and this week we heard (the publisher and me) that it is number 11 in the Top 50
Seeing the couple of newspapers I was buying at my local garage this morning, the young man behind the cashtill picked up the tabloid and
You know you’ve hit the right buttons at a conference when people say things like, ‘I travelled two hours to get there but it was
This little blog is entirely non-political, but with an announcement by Alex Wild of the Taxpayers Alliance that was seemingly underlined by former defence minister
It’s very encouraging going through participants’ feedback forms from our conference in Godalming. Think I’ve mentioned this already. But what I haven’t mentioned is that if you couldn’t
If you weren’t at Godalming Baptist Church last Saturday you missed a great conference. It began with local GP Dr Martin Brunet giving the basic
Don’t be alarmed by reports of a coming dementia tsunami, or forecasts that one in three people born this year will have dementia as adults.
Our next conference is in Godalming Baptist Church, on 26th September. The focus is on dementia: how to avoid it, recognising it, making sure it’s
Researchers at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health say the UK is not heading for a dementia epidemic of the scale initially feared, after all.
There’s a sense of dejá-vue about some of the studies presented at the Alzheimer’s International Conference currently taking place in Washington. For example, a study by
‘Different cultures have different perceptions of mental illnesses – including dementia,’ begins an article on the NSPCC website flagged up by the Guardian newspaper today.
‘There’s a programme on Radio 4 right now, about dementia,’ texted a colleague today. So I tuned in and caught the interview with Keith Oliver,
At a national conference last year on dementia my colleague Janet took the microphone during question time and asked why the pressure on GPs to
This is a tiny corner of my garden. This morning it was so bursting with colour and sunshine and birdsong it was like stepping into
Thousands of older people have been ‘euthanized’ in Belgium, according to the Journal of Medical Ethics. If you’re old and ill and live in Belgium,
I’m so delighted to hear viewers’ responses to Dementiaville, aired on Channel 4 last evening. It took place in a care home where residents with
If I needed hospital treatment the last person I’d like to see at my bedside is the Health Minister Jeremy Hunt. Just the sight of
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