Dementia: Five priorities for research
[Source: BBC News] As the G8 meets in London to plan how to tackle dementia through international collaboration, here are the dementia research funding priorities from the scientific community.
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Caz takes a punt at the Ponte-not-so-Vecchio!
Carolyn (Caz) Whittle will head from the heights of Derbyshire to the hills of Tuscany to run in the Florence Marathon on 24 November, where she will be raising money to help people affected by Lewy body dementias. You can find out Caz’s reasons for running – and also make a donation – by visiting […]
Andrea and Sean scale Kilimanjaro
Families hit by a Lewy Body Dementia can feel they’ve got a mountain to climb as they face the impact of the symptoms, grappling with health and social care arrangements and sometimes holding on by their finger-tips to a sense of normality. Now Andrea and Sean have scaled an iconic peak, Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding […]
CEO attends Downing Street dementia workshop
Our CEO Jacquie Cannon partcicpated at a recent 10 Downing Street workshop on dementia. Here his her report: Tuesday 24th September 2013 – I attended a workshop at No.10 to prepare for the G8 Summit on Dementia Research on the 11th December 2013. It was an honor to represent the Lewy Body Society and great […]
Five ways to tell Lewy Body Dementia from Alzheimers
This information was first published in Dementia Today in Feb 2013. These are many ways that Alzheimer’s and LBD differ, including these five key differences: Alzheimer’s disease causes changes in the brain called plaques and tangles. LBD features the presence of Lewy bodies, which are misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins. In early Alzheimer’s, memory loss is prominent, […]
New checklists to aid symptom reporting for dementia with Lewy bodies
Source: Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) in the US The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announced on 21 August 2013 the launch of new resources for physicians and their patients. LBDA has created two new symptom checklists for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): an abbreviated checklist to assist in the reporting of DLB diagnostic symptoms […]
Advice on paying for care
PayingForCare is a not-for-profit organisation that helps people and their families access expert information on all matters relating to care. They have care experts on the phone to answer your questions and queries, a whole range of information available online anytime of the day, and can also put you in touch with a specialist care […]
Innovative training to improve care of people with dementia in hospitals
Academics and healthcare professionals as well as people with a diagnosis of dementia and family carers have teamed up to devise a new training programme called “Getting to Know Me” for general hospital staff. Originally developed in the Manchester area, to increase staff knowledge, confidence and skills in the delivery of care to people with […]
Melatonin and Sleeplessness
An article by Pat Snyder Pat has written an interesting account of one woman’s experience of using the drug melatonin to overcome her husband’s acute sleeplessness. For an edited version of the article please click here. Melatonin is available on the web or by prescription from your doctor who should be consulted before use. Pat […]
Research opportunity: photographic study
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University are looking for volunteers to take part in a photographic study exploring the role of places for identity and memory for people with dementia. Participation will include taking photos of your important places and discussing them with a researcher. Cameras are provided and all responses will be kept confidential and […]
