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Nature and stress
February 2, 2016
A six month research study carried out by a researcher from Exeter University has shown that watching nature films can reduce anxiety symptoms for people in the early stages of…
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Dementia Friends
November 6, 2015
Dementia Due to the growing life expectancies we face in our modern age, this does come with unfortunate consequences for the ageing population that we must consider and face –…
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Eating Away at Cognitive Decline
September 25, 2015
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. So what better time to look at research investigating how nutrition may have an impact on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of…
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Dementia Care: The Social Services and Well-being Act 2014
September 23, 2015
The Challenges of Dementia In my last blog, I considered the cost to society of caring for our older citizens with cognitive deficits caused by dementia, and also my own…
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A basic ‘primer’ on biological aspects of a dementia – pt. three
October 1, 2014
A few weeks ago we began to look at some of the biological causes of dementia. In particular we singled out the primary dementias and concentrated on DAT, and then…
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Dementia Care: A Basic ‘Primer’ on Biological Aspects of a Dementia – pt. two
August 4, 2014
Last week we began to look at some of the biological causes of dementia, in particular we singled out the primary dementias and concentrated on DAT. The week before we…
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Dementia Care: A Basic ‘Primer’ on the Symptoms of Dementia
July 25, 2014
Last week we began to look at some of the biological aspects of a dementia. In particular we singled out the primary dementias and looked at memory; memory systems and…
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Dementia Care: A Brief Look at Memory
July 21, 2014
The content of our last three blogs, and the theme running through the last six months, has been that people living with a dementia, at all stages of the major…
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