Alzheimer’s tests should be offered to over-60s, says top psychiatrist
Everybody over the age of 60 should be offered screening for potential Alzheimer’s disease at their GP surgery, a leading psychiatrist said at the launch of a major initiative on mental health worldwide. Click here to read full article. With thanks to the Guardian
Read More‘Aggressive’ dementia action needed
The same type of aggressive action seen for combating HIV in the 1980s must now be employed to tackle dementia, Sir Terry Pratchett has demanded. For full article click here With thanks to Age UK
Read MoreUpdate to Dementia Blog
Check out my latest blog entry on living with and caring for my mother who has dementia. You can find it under “Real Stories”.
Read MoreTerry Pratchett on Alzheimer’s- Richard Dimbleby Lecture
Novelist Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series, has a rare form of Alzheimer’s and wants to be a used as a test case for Assisted Dying. He gave the 2010 BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture outlining his experiences and his views on choice for people in his position. See a clip of the lecture [...]
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