# alzheimers - Monday 26 August, 2019
# The Hague
# The Hague
Prosecutors claim the patient may have had second thoughts about dying.
# alzheimers - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The garden offers a positive and enjoyable experience for people with dementia by rekindling fond memories, writes Kathy Ryan.
# alzheimers - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
# Memory Loss
# Memory Loss
The number of people with dementia in Ireland is expected to increase from 55,000 currently to 113,000 by 2036.
# alzheimers - Saturday 25 August, 2018
The test could recognise the disease before symptoms are present.
# alzheimers - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
# Research
# Research
The researchers say that their 18-month study has yielded a “statistically significant” finding and is a “breakthrough”.
# alzheimers - Sunday 31 December, 2017
# Young Scientist
# Young Scientist
Alzheimer’s Alert will alert carers to the patient’s movements.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
# Understand Together
# Understand Together
A new campaign is highlighting the important role friends and family can have in helping a loved one care for someone with dementia.
# alzheimers - Saturday 12 August, 2017
# The Long Walk Home
# The Long Walk Home
Eamonn Donnelly and his friend Sepp Tieber are currently making their way across England.
# alzheimers - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# Dementia Carers
# Dementia Carers
Over 180,000 people in Ireland are currently or have been carers for a family member or partner with dementia.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
# Living With Dementia
# Living With Dementia
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland says that a registry will lead to better policy and treatment for people with dementia.
# alzheimers - Sunday 28 August, 2016
# Day To Day Living
# Day To Day Living
Edel O’Connell from The Alzheimer Society of Ireland gives advice about ways to manage and live with dementia.
# alzheimers - Sunday 31 July, 2016
# Nostalgia
# Nostalgia
Events like these have been shown to be beneficial for people with dementia as music accesses a different part of their brain so they can remember lyrics to songs.
# alzheimers - Saturday 30 July, 2016
# Alzheimers
# Alzheimers
Researchers say changes in behaviour may indicate dementia before forgetfulness.
# alzheimers - Thursday 30 June, 2016
The independent senator has spoken of his family situation ahead of a campaign for more funding for sufferers.
# alzheimers - Friday 3 June, 2016
# Home Help
# Home Help
Social workers say as many of half of their clients who have gone into nursing homes could have stayed in their own homes with proper supports.
# alzheimers - Sunday 1 May, 2016
# Column
# Column
Kathy Ryan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago, at the age of 53. She writes here about how her life has changed since.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 9 June, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Nine years ago, Alzheimer’s slowly crept into our lives and nothing has ever been the same again.
# alzheimers - Thursday 4 June, 2015
# Forget The Stigma
# Forget The Stigma
…but I wonder ‘What does dementia look like?’
# alzheimers - Monday 27 April, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Actor and director Ronan Smith writes about his greatest life challenge to date – the progressive neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer’s Disease.
# alzheimers - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Nursing Home Assault Trial
# Nursing Home Assault Trial
Henry Rayhons said the couple held hands, prayed and kissed, but had no sexual contact.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 17 February, 2015
# Breakthrough
# Breakthrough
Scientists have discovered a common process across inflammatory conditions.
# alzheimers - Saturday 7 February, 2015
# Carer
# Carer
We are a married couple in our mid-late 20s who both work and also care for my father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013 and lives with us full-time.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 16 December, 2014
# Zeitgeist
From The Daily Edge
# Zeitgeist
Wait for it. It’s only 70 seconds away.
# alzheimers - Sunday 30 November, 2014
# Column
# Column
Whenever I feel that caring for my mother is getting the better of me, I think back on the all amazing memories I have with this inspiring and courageous woman.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
# Grief
# Grief
Every time you see them, you grieve a little bit more, but you never, ever show it.
# alzheimers - Sunday 28 September, 2014
# Photography
# Photography
Teenagers in Galway are capturing what the disease means to them.
# alzheimers - Sunday 21 September, 2014
# Health
# Health
Two people affected by dementia talk candidly about how it has changed their lives.
# alzheimers - Friday 29 August, 2014
# Shocking
# Shocking
The treatment has now been proven to improve memory and could help in other memory disorders, like from stroke or brain injury.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
# Hope
# Hope
Scientists found they could predict the beginning of Alzheimer’s with 87% accuracy.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
# Food For Thought
# Food For Thought
They were also asked about the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, a question which may have thrown students as it is not a compulsory disorder on the syllabus.
# alzheimers - Wednesday 28 May, 2014
# South Korea
# South Korea
Most of the victims died from asphyxiation as they could not escape the smoke-filled corridors.
# alzheimers - Monday 12 May, 2014
# Found
# Found
The family of Pauline Lynch, 67, spoke of “huge relief” at finding her safe.
# alzheimers - Friday 2 May, 2014
# Remember
# Remember
Military researchers in the US are working on developing this but ethical questions have been raised about whether the mind should be manipulated.
# alzheimers - Thursday 1 May, 2014
# Dementia
# Dementia
The number of people in this country suffering from dementia is expected to treble over the next 30 years, yet Ireland invests only half the OECD average in long-term care.
# alzheimers - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
# Early Indication
# Early Indication
US researchers have developed a prototype test which can indicate whether a person will develop the disease.
# alzheimers - Monday 7 October, 2013
# RIP
# RIP
The family hopes to set up a foundation in her name to help fund services for missing people and their families.
# alzheimers - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
# Missing
# Missing
The woman, who is an Alzheimers sufferer, was last seen leaving her home with her dog yesterday morning.
# alzheimers - Saturday 21 September, 2013
# You Told Us
# You Told Us
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?
# alzheimers - Friday 7 June, 2013
# Good Health
# Good Health
A major new study by The Lancet found a dramatic decrease in illness in China over the past two decades.
# alzheimers - Monday 6 May, 2013
# Brain Surgery
# Brain Surgery
Scientists at the University of California say they can now grow key human brain cells by implanting them in lab mice.
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