Today the dementia diagnosis rate target (that 66.7% of people living with dementia in England should have a diagnosis) has ...

A nationwide clinical trial aiming to revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed is now underway. Research teams will assess how blood tests could be used to detect dementia at various stages. The Blood ...

How much will it cost to use a care home? "As someone’s support and supervision needs increase, homecare costs can be very high, so care homes can be a more affordable way to get the right level of ...

My dad was born in 1934 in Suffolk – he left school at 14 and joined my grandad on the fishing boats in the North Sea. It was a very hard life, and from there, he went into the Royal Navy and served ...

There are over 120 drugs being tested in clinical trials, and two, lecanemab and donanemab, have made headline news as the UK’s first-ever approved drugs for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Our dementia expert shares advice on spotting the signs of young-onset dementia, also sometimes referred to as early-onset dementia, following actor Pauline Quirke's diagnosis. Following the ...

“My mum has always been my best friend, my whole life,” says Helen about her mother, Sue. “She was the only person that ever really understood me. “Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2015. I ...

Changes in the blood vessels can happen in many types of dementia, including vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies. Interruptions in the brain’s blood flow can cause ...

If you need dementia support, we’re here for you. All calls with the Dementia Support Line are recorded for training and quality purposes. Calls charged at standard local rate. If you are in an ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...

Our school teaching resources make it easy to teach and learn about dementia from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. No prior knowledge of dementia is required. All of these resources can be used in class, ...

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