Keeping the brain active by playing games, reading and writing could help beat Alzheimer's
Keeping the brain active by playing games, reading and writing throughout your life is being linked by US researchers to lowering levels...
10 minute Alzheimer's test to spot disease in early stages
A 10 minute memory test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in their early stages became available earlier...
Brief overview of the new ABI Pensions code
New rules are being introduced (and come in effect in March 2013) to help ensure that pension providers give their customers all the...
How you can protect your Pension
I have often heard it said, and in fact I believe it, buying a house is the biggest financial commitment you can make in your life....
I read that millions of people are missing out on bigger pensions to which they are entitled!
Nearly two-thirds of retirees are failing to get the best deal and are being short-changed by as much as £1billion, figures announced by...
In late 2011, 6 in 10 dementia sufferers were not being diagnosed. Has it changed?
As of late 2011, 6 out of 10 people with dementia were going undiagnosed. And in response the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia...
What is Picks disease?
What is Picks disease? Pick’s disease is a type of dementia that affects the frontal lobes of the brain. And as I write, no one knows...
Patients go hungry in hospital. With elderly routinely left for hours without a drink says Care Qual
It was reported by the Care Quality Commission in October last year that nearly half of hospitals visited by undercover inspectors from...
The Dignity Code for our Elderly
The Dignity Code for our Elderly Way back in February 2012, the then Care Minister Paul Burstow wanted this code to be displayed in every...
Dementia care revelations about poor standards
The very first National Audit of Dementia discovered ‘low levels of performance’ in hospitals, with poorly trained or even untrained...
