Empowering my community
I completed an Open University module in Dementia Care this year and I decided to face the condition head on. I am based in Exeter and on a personal mission to raise dementia awareness in any and every...
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The nurses who battle dementia
As a new staff member at Alzheimer’s Research UK I needed to learn as much as possible about dementia and the people we’re working to support. I quickly learned that Alzheimer’s Research UK’s...
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ARUKmemories for GivingTuesday
What are your treasured memories? Meeting your younger sibling for the first time? An amazing birthday cake? A huge ice cream at the beach? Enjoying a family Christmas? We’re on a mission to recreate...
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Raising awareness of young-onset dementia at the House of Lords
Written by Jill Walton and Tim Shakespeare Today we’ll be visiting the House of Lords to raise awareness of young-onset dementia. Along with our colleagues at University College London, we’re very...
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An intern’s view
My time as an intern at Alzheimer’s Research UK has changed the way I view the organisation as well as others similar to it. I worked in a lab funded by Cancer Research UK for a couple of weeks last...
View ArticleThis Christmas
It’s December, there’s a chill in the air and it’s time to wrap up warm. The high streets are bustling with shoppers all searching for gifts for family and friends. Children are getting excited at the...
View ArticleWomen and Dementia: A Marginalised Majority
A report being released today by Alzheimer’s Research UK highlights the enormous toll of dementia on women in the UK. They face a triple whammy: dementia is now the leading cause of death among UK...
View ArticleThe power of dementia research
Every four seconds someone, somewhere in the world, is diagnosed with dementia and there is a greater need for more research to help people affected, along with their friends, family and carers. As our...
View ArticleWere you mine?
Recently in school we have been looking at poems where the theme is love – maternal, paternal and romantic. As a class we used a title of a poem to inspire us and make us think about what else the poem...
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Dementia: it’s not all about Alzheimer’s or memory
It’s a common misconception that dementia is all about Alzheimer’s and that it’s all about memory loss. Alzheimer’s may be the most common cause of dementia and memory loss one of the most common...
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Dementia Explained – providing dementia information to children
This week Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a brand new website, ‘Dementia Explained’, designed to help children better understand dementia. The site brings together a range of resources such as...
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Questions children ask about dementia and how to answer them
Dementia isn’t a condition that just affects an individual, its impact is felt through whole families and across generations. Dementia is a difficult condition to understand even for adults. Changing...
View ArticleThe future of dementia is orange
Hopefully you’ve had the chance to take a look at our thought-provoking new campaign film #sharetheorange featuring ARUK supporter Christopher Eccleston. Why have we taken this unusual approach to...
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The Many Faces of Dementia – a free online course
Dr Tim Shakespeare, an Alzheimer’s Research UK Research Fellow at UCL (University College London) has led the creation of a new free online course called ‘The Many Faces of Dementia’ which will start...
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Education, Education, Education
Part of our mission at Alzheimer’s Research UK is to empower people across all generations through greater understanding of dementia. Working closely with people affected by dementia, we look for as...
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One important myth to overturn another
Around 18 months ago, Alzheimer’s Research UK launched its first-ever awareness advertising campaign, with an arresting and urgent film designed to shake society by the lapels in how it thinks about...
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Santa Forgot and my family
With Christmas fast approaching, it signals that time when we start to see the big budget, high-profile TV adverts for the usual brands, all trying to outdo each other. But this year sees a new advert...
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