Alan Titchmarsh says gardening can help people living with dementia
Alan Titchmarsh said gardening can help people living with Alzheimer’s after he featured one of the youngest people in the country to be diagnosed with dementia on his show.
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Donkey treat takes dementia patient Brenda on trip down memory lane
A 71-year-old care home resident was given the opportunity to visit her favourite animals when she was treated to a donkey walk.
Nursing home with dementia care focus earmarked for old golf course near Alyth
A centre of excellence for dementia care could be built in rural Perthshire.
More than one in 10 registered deaths in 2018 due to dementia and Alzheimer’s
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease accounted for more than a tenth of the registered deaths in England and Wales in 2018, new figures show.
Kirriemuir Connections praised for role in opening of Scotland’s first dementia meeting centre
Angus has been hailed for the pioneering role Kirriemuir is playing in the roll-out of an international project that helps people and their families live with dementia in the local community.
Nile Rodgers to help take music to people suffering from dementia
Nile Rodgers has signed up to help bring music to people suffering from dementia after witnessing how it “transformed” his mother.
Angus Care and Repair closes doors ‘with heavy heart’ after quarter century of service to community
Angus Care and Repair’s chairman has spoken of his pride in the organisation’s service to the local community following its controversial closure after more than quarter of a century.
Woman with dementia battered by thug at roadside cafe
A woman with dementia has told how she was brutally attacked by a man at a roadside cafe and left with a broken eye socket despite wearing a badge saying “I have Alzheimer’s please be patient”.
People with dementia ‘have spent almost £15bn of their own money’
People with dementia have spent almost £15 billion of their own money in the last two years waiting for Government care reforms, a charity has claimed.
Cameras to follow people living with dementia for BBC documentary
Cameras will follow people living with dementia for two years in a new BBC documentary.