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'Hidden' dementia warning as small personality changes could be early 'red flag'

A change in sense of humour, feelings of sadness and making harsh comments can all be a sign of the condition.

Daily Record

Care home fined £20,000 over death of pensioner who drank cleaning solution

David Fyfe, 90, who had dementia, lived in Tigh-Na-Muirn Residential Home in Dundee.

The Independent UK

Plea to Falkirk town centre workers not to use charity car park

People leaving their cars all day to go to work are making it difficult for cafe customers and people using dementia service

Daily Record

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Inside Jack Nicholson's reclusive life - forced into retirement and living with dementia

Jack Nicholson has only recently emerged from his home to watch a few basketball games, but before his appearance, the Hollywood actor led a life as a recluse in his Beverly Hills home

Daily Mirror

Some motor neuron disease, dementia patients share genetic defects: Research

Some people with motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia">frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have the same uncommon genetic disorders that cause other neurodegenerative illnesses, according to a new study. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Study finds air pollution association with risk of dementia

An worldwide study commissioned by the journal Lancet three years ago revealed 12 modifiable risk factors for dementia, including three new ones: excessive alcohol consumption, brain damage, and air pollution. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Part of you dies as well’: the toll of caring for loved ones with dementia

A new drug could slow the pace of Alzheimer’s. Three people with experience of the disease explain their story and their hopes

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Teenager wins UK award for helping dementia sufferers

Abdulwase Sufian has created a new app to help his grandmother and many more people

Liverpool Echo

'Silent' dementia symptom you may be able to spot while shopping

Dementia impacts millions of people across the world with a range of early symptoms presenting themselves.

Daily Record

'Silent’ symptom of killer dementia you can spot while shopping

Approximately, 55 million people across the world are currently living with dementia - and the condition is the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom

Daily Mirror

Care home claims ‘revolting’ discovery in woman’s wounds was caused by heatwave

Kathleen Hines, 92, was having a cancer-triggered sore checked when staff made the revolting discovery

The Independent UK

Seven signs someone you love could have dementia

Taking action early can help slow onset of the disease

Wales Online

Simple inexpensive tests found to predict dementia risk years in advance

‘Incorporating muscle function tests as part of dementia screening could be useful to identify high-risk individuals’

The Independent UK

Dementia Australia calls for five-year funding commitment ahead of federal budget release

Dementia Australia says a growing number of people with dementia, which is soon expected to become the country's leading cause of death, means more funding and government support is needed.

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Britain's best carers will get chance to star in video for Tony Christie charity song

The singer is teaming up with the Music for Dementia campaign to release the song on Thank You Day – July 2 – which celebrates unsung heroes

The Guardian - UK

Pushing technology and drugs to the limit in efforts to deal with dementia

Letters: Kate Lee and Prof John T O’Brien write about the Longitude Prize on Dementia, and Steve Iliffe says the benefits of new drugs may be overstated

Evening Standard

World ‘on cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’

Almost half of those on donanemab had no clinical progression of disease at one year compared with 29% on a placebo, a study showed.

The National (Scotland)

World ‘on the cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’

THE world is “on the cusp of a first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease”, experts have said, as a new drug was found to slow…

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The Independent UK

World ‘on cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’ as new drug ‘slows symptoms’

New drug donanemab appears to slow decline associated with Alzheimer’s

Fortune

Losing grip strength could be an early warning sign of dementia, but here are two ways you can improve it

New study evaluated more than 1,000 women with an average age of 75.

Daily Mirror

Daughter stole thousands from dementia-stricken dad leaving his bank account empty

Mum-of-three Linzi Pettigrew, from Winchburgh, was caught after she lied to her uncle Robin Pettigrew about using some of the cash to fill her dad’s fridge with food and he found it empty

Daily Record

Woman jailed for stealing £7000 from dementia-stricken father

The mum-of-three said she had been buying food but her father's fridge was empty

Glasgow Live

West Dunbartonshire aiming to become dementia friendly community

There are almost 1500 people in the area with the condition, and the council has backed calls for more education to be provided to residents.

Dynamite News

Study: Slowing down in old age? It can be symptom of dementia

It is widely acknowledged that as we age, we lose muscle power and slow down, making ordinary movements like getting up, walking, and sitting more difficult. Read further on Dynamite News:

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh double killer dies in hospital after battle with dementia

Andrew Fisher murdered his wife in 1990 and spent 11 years of a life sentence behind bars before being released in 2001. He was again detained following the killing of another murderer in an Edinburgh flat in 2013.

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