Dementia Friends
Alzheimer’s Society Launches Dementia Friends Today sees the launch of the Alzheimer’s Society’s “Dementia Friends” scheme. Dementia Friends is Alzheimer’s Society’s groundbreaking new initiative which will give more people an understanding of dementia and the small things that could make a difference to people living in their community. From today anyone in England can go online […]
My Eulogy for Gerry Anderson, My Dad
If anyone wanted to read or re-read the my eulogy for Gerry Anderson, my Dad at his funeral – I’ve transcribed it here: “I’d like to start by reading you a reference that was written by Dad’s first ever employer – “Lewis’ Photos of Regent Street”. It was written in December 1944 when Dad was […]
Estimating my Azheimer’s Disease Risk
Estimating Alzheimers disease risk: Testing my genes Sadly, as many of you will know; my father passed away from complications relating to Alzheimer’s Disease and vascular dementia (mixed dementia) just a few days ago. He had been campaigning to raise awareness and funding for the Alzheimer’s Society for around a year, and was very keen […]
A thank you
I just wanted to write a quick note to thank everyone who has been kind enough to get in touch with us over the last 24 hours. We’ve received hundreds of e-mails, read through thousands of tweets, and receives many dozens of phone calls. Dad would have been utterly astonished by the response of the public […]
Department of Health & Alzheimer’s Society launch Dementia Early Signs and Symptoms campaign
Did you know that only around 40% of those in the UK with dementia (Alzheimer’s disease) or other forms have actually received a diagnosis? There are two problems that are causing this low diagnosis rate: People don’t know what the difference between symptoms of dementia and old age are. There is a huge stigma attached […]