Post Diagnostic Support Link Worker - Helensburgh and Lomond Your local Dementia Link Worker can provide five key pillars of post-diagnostic support, flexible to suit your needs. Local Support
Post Diagnostic Support Link Worker - Bute Your local Dementia Link Worker can provide five key pillars of post-diagnostic support, flexible to suit your needs. Local Support
Post Diagnostic Support Link Worker - Cowal Your local Dementia Link Worker can provide five key pillars of post-diagnostic support, flexible to suit your needs. Local Support
Have dementia, can’t travel? John and Rosemary share their story about how you can live well with dementia when travelling and having trips away on holiday. Article type: News - Date posted: 18 November 2024
Shane’s story: Facing your fears Shane describes how he overcame severe anxiety and took on a terrifying double challenge to raise money in honour of his mum Emily, who has frontotemporal dementia. Article type: News - Date posted: 14 November 2024
Alan’s story: A test of endurance After Alan retired, a spur of the moment decision led him on a 500-mile fundraising bike ride in memory of his mum Betty, who had Alzheimer's. Article type: News - Date posted: 5 November 2024
Dementia Assistance Dog placement The Dementia Dog team are looking to place the next Dementia Assistance Dog with a family in central Scotland. Article type: News - Date posted: 30 October 2024
Our response to UK health regulator’s rejection of donanemab treatment for Alzheimer’s disease Today, the UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), approved a second Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, for use in the UK. However, an interim provisional decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has deemed donanemab not cost-effective for the NHS. As a result, for now at least, the drug will only be available privately. Article type: News - Date posted: 23 October 2024
Clocks changing - useful tips October is now drawing to a close and this weekend, on 27 October at 2am, the clocks will move back one hour. Article type: News - Date posted: 22 October 2024