Book “Wandering the Wards” now launched and freely available
On Tuesday 17thNovember 2020, the book “Wandering the Wards” has been launched in which Featherstone and Northcott provide a detailed and...
Posted 19/11/2020
Alzheimer Europe Conference 2020: COVID19, technological solutions, and attendee’s houseplants
Initially, I worried that a 3-day online conference might lead to ‘Zoom-fatigue’ and that the virtual format would negatively impact the special...
Posted 18/11/2020
COVID BLOG #10: Impact of SARS-COV-2 pandemic on mental health of Long-term Care Facility Personnel in Poland – recommendations
Extraordinary concerns and considerable challenges for public health due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic aroused interest of researchers around the world...
Posted 12/11/2020
Best Practice Guidance for Technology in Dementia – recommendations by INDUCT network Updated
At the 30th Virtual Conference of Alzheimer Europe an updated version of the Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in...
Posted 09/11/2020
Love, Loss and Laughter photo exhibition re-launched in Amsterdam
World Alzheimer’s Day was created in 1994 by Alzheimer’s Disease International and the World Health Organization to raise more awareness about...
Posted 27/10/2020
Article of the month – September 2020
The website committee selected as publication of the month September: Giebel, Clarissa, Kathryn Lord, Claudia Cooper, Justine Shenton, Jacqueline...
Posted 06/10/2020
Article of the month – August 2020
The website committee selected for publication of the month August: Clarke, C., B. Woods, E. Moniz-Cook, G. Mountain, L. Øksnebjerg, R. Chattat...
Posted 01/10/2020
COVID blog #9 – How do COVID-19 public health restrictions affect the lives of people with dementia and carers in the UK?
In the UK, we were faced with a nationwide lockdown for over 12 weeks, starting on the 23rd of March. A few days before that, people aged 70+ and...
Posted 28/09/2020
COVID blog #8 – Supporting family carers of people living with dementia to make difficult decisions during COVID-19
Latest figures show that a quarter of deaths from COVID-19 in England and Wales were people living with dementia1. It is likely that family and...
Posted 17/09/2020
The impact of stigmatisation on the lives of people with dementia
“It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart...
Posted 01/09/2020
My passion for dementia research
My passion for dementia research commenced over thirty years ago when I started work as a research assistant on a project looking at the effects...
Posted 28/08/2020
INTERDEM & Covid-19 initiatives
INTERDEM members used their expertise to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more to find links to these important initiatives: blogs, news...
Posted 12/08/2020