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Support Richard’s Round-Devon Ride!

Richard Potter will be cycling 600 miles from Honiton around the coast of Devon to raise money for the Lewy Body Society in memory of his stepfather, Frank Sansom, who died of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) last year. If you would like to encourage Richard and help raise awareness of DLB, please donate at […]

20 March – Dementia Action Alliance Quarterly Meeting

Lewy Body Society played an active role in the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) meeting on Wednesday 20 March. Speakers included Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP and Dr Martin McShane of the NHS Commissioning Board (see ‘Domain 2: Improving Outcomes for People with Long Term Conditions’). If you would like to find out more about […]

Alternatives to antipsychotics highlighted at Westminster event

The Faculty of Psychology of Older People of the British Psychological Society has launched its new report“Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication” at a Westminster event. Spreading knowledge in this area is particularly important because of the sensitivity of some people with dementia with Lewy bodies to neuroleptic drugs — a sensitivity that can result in severe […]

13 and 14 March – LBS stand at NHS Health Expo

The Lewy Body Society exhibited jointly with Parkinson’s UK in the Dementia Village at the NHS Health Expo at London’s ExCel on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 March #dementiachallenge #nhsexpo

Shona and Louise shine through in Gloucester 10k

On a very wet and windy Sunday in February, Louise Davies and Shona Godefroy ran the Gloucester 10k in memory of Shona’s father, Stewart Dyer, who died in February 2012, aged 63, of dementia with Lewy Bodies. Shona said, “It was the first time that the run took place in Gloucester and the route was […]

12 March – LBS presence at ‘Innovate Dementia’

LBS took part in the Innovate Dementia Symposium in Liverpool on 12 March.

Now tweeting @lbsorg

We’ve relaunched our Twitter feed. Please follow and tweet us @lbsorg Thank you!

Putting care right campaign

Alzheimer’s Society has launched a campaign called Putting Care Right which aims to improve the quality of care for people with dementia in a variety of settings: care homes, hospital and people’s own homes. A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care […]

ALCOVE – European project to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia

ALCOVE is a project involving 19 countries across Europe that aims to contribute to the wellbeing of people with dementia, by improving knowledge and developing preventive and care recommendations that facilitate policy and health care decision making in European countries. It is working on four main topics: How to improve data to have a better […]

Dementia Friends – What’s new?

You may have seen in the news that comedians Meera Syal and Jo Brand have signed up to become‘Dementia Friends’. The scheme aims to reach one million people in England by 2015 with free information sessions exploring what it is like to live with dementia. We will be working to ensure that the scheme gives […]