I’ve really enjoyed seeing all of this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month content around risk factors and risk reduction, which has also included the Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) World Alzheimer Report 2023. I’ve been fortunate to have had opportunities to contribute…
Tag: prevention
Hearing loss and dementia – Don’t ignore the link!
I talk about it in many of my training sessions, I’ve highlighted it in meetings and on social media, and recently it featured on BBC Radio 5 Live as a lady from the RNID told the breakfast presenter about how…
Playing the numbers game
I write this blog on the cusp of September which is the 4th World Alzheimer’s Month, a yearly international campaign to raise awareness and challenge stigma. There have been announcements in August around prevalence that have kept dementia in the…
Can we reduce the risk?
September is World Alzheimer’s Month (#WAM2014), an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge stigma that is led by Alzheimer’s Disease International. For 2014, the focus is on ways to reduce the risk of developing dementia with brain friendly lifestyles. Reduction…
Join the debate
Back at the start of 2013 I published a blog detailing My Dementia Wish List for the year. Ten months later seems an appropriate time to revisit some of these goals and, looking forward to the G8 Dementia Summit in…