A network of dementia research nurses is being set up with the aim of boosting participation in trials on treatments for the condition.

Nearly one million people in the UK are estimated to have dementia, the UK’s biggest killer. Yet, dementia research progress is stalling as dementia clinical trials struggle to recruit. In 2023/24 ...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health Care’s academic core, Wake Forest School of Medicine, completed a multiyear clinical study on dementia care that played an instrumental role in the formation of ...

There is an urgent need for widespread, accelerated progress in dementia research. To help with lifechanging discoveries, the dementia clinical trial landscape needs to change. Only 2% of people in ...

Families affected by dementia are set to receive additional specialist support through a new Admiral Nurse service launched ...

Specialist dementia care nurses are helping to support Plymouth residents after a diagnosis. Livewell Southwest’s ‘Transitions of Care’ Admiral Nurses support not only the care of patients, but also ...

Sleep significantly influences the effectiveness of care that caregivers provide to dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, according to the results of a study led by a UB faculty member considered one of ...

A leading dementia specialist has told of three key techniques people should use to speak honestly with a loved one who may be showing early signs of the condition. Dementia is now the UK's biggest ...

A leading nurse from Southampton has warned that people in the UK who develop dementia under the age of 65 are “falling into a void”, with little or no access to long-term specialist support.

(Reuters Health) - Patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they're treated at hospitals that employ a larger proportion of nurses with at least a ...