Care and Cure magazine | Alzheimer's Society

A fresh START: reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in carers

Carers can face stress, anxiety and depression while caring for a relative with dementia. A new research project shows the value of specially designed psychological support for helping them to cope.

Caregiving HOPE: a study into carers within different communities

Research Network volunteer Sandra Barker, who is also project monitor for Caregiving HOPE, describes how Network volunteers have been supporting research into caring for a person with dementia.

12 September 2019

Researching a sharper diagnosis for dementia with Lewy bodies

Gemma Roberts, a clinical fellow at Newcastle University, is looking at new ways to improve brain and heart scanning methods for better accuracy when diagnosing Lewy body disease.

12 September 2019

Gene genie - a new gene therapy initiative

We know that some types of dementia are caused by inherited gene mutations, but what if we could fix these genes to stop them causing disease? Alzheimer's Society is a partner in the UK Dementia Research Institute, which is investing £2 million in an initiative to do just that.

12 September 2019

Asking experts about dementia research through the decades

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alzheimer's Society, we asked Professor Nick Fox and Dr Carole Sudre to share their insights on the progress of dementia research and future breakthroughs.

11 September 2019

Steps to prevent memory loss

Could walking up to 9,000 steps per day reduce the brain damage caused by dementia years before symptoms begin?

11 September 2019

Women and dementia - new insights

Worldwide, women with dementia outnumber men two to one, but biomedical research is only now beginning to investigate why this is the case.

11 September 2019

New research show promise with blood test for Alzheimer's

Researchers in the US report a 94 per cent accuracy rate in a blood test for Alzheimer's even before symptoms begin.

11 September 2019

Care and technology

A ground-breaking £20 million research centre will develop new technologies to create dementia-friendly homes and provide insights into how dementia develops.

Further impact of carer stress

New research shows that stress and lack of confidence in carers can also affect the quality of life and wellbeing of the person with dementia who they support.

Life at a brain bank

Shalmai Jones is a research technician at the Brains for Dementia Research brain bank, King’s College London.

Accelerate to success

Alzheimer’s Society’s new ground-breaking crowdsourcing Accelerator programme aims to inspire and recruit innovations and inventions to help people with dementia to live better.

Making history for 20 years

Barbara Woodward-Carlton, a founding member of the Research Network, shares some history and her experiences as a volunteer through the years.