News tagged with: dementia
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New study finds care home residents benefit from robot pets
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Robot pets help the wellbeing of care home residents and those with dementia.
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University partners with Heathrow to support passengers with dementia
The Â鶹´«Ã½ has partnered with Heathrow Airport to launch new guidance to support passengers with dementia through air travel.
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Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dementia, study says
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia - mirtazapine - is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
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New guide to promote dementia friendly dentistry across the UK
A new guide to help dental professionals incorporate dementia-friendly care into their practice has been published by the Â鶹´«Ã½.
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University supports Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Dementia Action Week
Organisations across Â鶹´«Ã½ are holding local events to encourage more people in the city to become dementia friends
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‘Put dementia on the agenda’ – Prime Minister endorses new guidance for town and parish councils
New guidance to help local councils and their communities become dementia friendly has been released – with the Prime Minister endorsing the work, which was co-authored by the Â鶹´«Ã½, as ‘excellent and practical’.
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Academic takes dementia friendly message to 10 Downing Street
A University expert has met the Prime Minister to ask for his backing to help local councils become more ‘dementia friendly’.
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40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
Modifying 12 risk factors over the lifecourse could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an update to The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care.
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University teams up with National Association of Local Councils for groundbreaking research on dementia
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the Â鶹´«Ã½ are to undertake groundbreaking research on dementia in local (parish and town) councils.
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Leading figure in dementia care and research wins national award
Ian Sherriff BEM, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the Â鶹´«Ã½ has won a National Dementia Friendly Award in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’.
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Dementia champion awarded British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Ian Sherriff has received the award for services to those affected by dementia.
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Insight into cells’ ‘self-eating’ process could pave the way for new dementia treatments
The study led by Dr Shouqing Luo focuses on autophagy ('self-eating'), and is published in the journal Nature Communications
