Dementia

University can often seem like a bubble where interactions with the ‘real world’ are few and far between. But University of Nottingham (UoN) student volunteers are breaking through generational boundaries to support the wellbeing of Nottingham’s youngest and oldest....

The University of Nottingham is currently representing the UK in the international-scale study with MIDDEL (Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression for Elderly Care), researching the impacts of music intervention for care home residents with mental conditions like dementia and depression....

Megan Cuerden  Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in the UK, meaning, it causes a progressive decline in the functioning of multiple areas of the brain causing a direct impact on a person’s way of thinking, feeling, behaving and general overall functioning.  The most common association...

Megan discusses what it was like growing up with loved ones who have dementia, and how to spread awareness of the condition....

Take one: June 2016  University open day, a room in Portland Building that I do not think exists anymore, tote bags everywhere. Adam Rounce is giving a talk about something and the only thing I will remember is my maths-degree father laughing at a very literature-degree joke about Tess...

How can dementia be treated? Can only pharmaceutical drugs improve the livelihoods of those with a dementia diagnosis? Or are there other interventions that are effective in treating the symptoms of dementia? Dementia is not an illness itself, but is a syndrome where two or more cognitive capacities decline,...

Dementia is an “umbrella term” describing a set of symptoms including memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. It is often the result of brain damage caused by certain diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s dementia is the most common type of dementia, and is a progressive disease...