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Following Catriona’s diagnosis of dementia and inspired by their mum’s love of the outdoors, in 2021, Caitlin and her sister Sinead and their mum undertook their 100 miles challenge. Following this Caitlin and her mum completed the 90k step challenge! 

Lisa and Kimberleigh completed a fundraising challenge to run 50 miles in one month to raise awareness of dementia and funds for Alzheimer Scotland. 

#Saferinternetday is Tuesday 6 February and we wanted to share some top tips in staying safe online.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising collections at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Viennese New Year concerts in Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen and Ayr. Generous concert-goers donated almost £5,000!

We are hearing reports of visitation being denied in care homes experiencing an outbreak of coronavirus. Even in outbreak situations, individuals in care homes should be supported to receive visitors, and unnecessary restrictions should not be imposed.

'Car Sparks Memories', a new exhibit at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, harnessing the power of reminiscence therapy, was unveiled earlier this year.

Here are our top tech tips and for winter showcasing some of the devices tried and tested by people living with dementia and their carers.  

We’ve all seen the news coverage about the increasing emergence of artificial intelligence, or AI. It’s a phenomenon that is being widely scrutinised, with projections about how it might affect jobs, and how we live our lives in general. But how might it specifically benefit healthcare systems of the future?

Our Annual Review for 2022-2023 has been published and is available to download. 

There will be a lot of people who will be so excited about this weekend coming with all the bonfire parties and fireworks. This can be a very noisy and confusing time for many. Here are some tips to reduce stress this weekend. 

A solo art exhibition “Jist John” by new artist John Sangster will be on show at The Studio, Monymusk this weekend. John was inspired to start painting after being diagnosed with Lewy body dementia and strives to live well with dementia.

The latest webinar in the series is 'Driving and Dementia' and is being held on Wednesday 25 October.