Tag: Alzheimer’s Society

Leading sports stars to walk marathon fundraiser at Lord’s

Stuart Mitchell

On Monday, 28 September, sports stars and business leaders will take part in a marathon walk at Lord’s Cricket Ground to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society. Shining a spotlight on dementia with 100 laps Taking place at the spiritual home of cricket, together they will walk 100 laps of the outfield of Lord’s Cricket Ground – equivalent to 50km or 31 miles, more than a full marathon – to shine a spotlight on dementia, the UK’s biggest killer.  The fundraiser, ‘Your Hundred at Lord’s’, has been spearheaded by Alzheimer’s Society…

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New ‘brain hearing’ test could transform early dementia diagnosis, study shows 

Stuart Mitchell

A hearing test measuring how the brain processes sound, rather than how well the ears detect it, could help diagnose dementia, according to researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Dementia Research Centre.   How does the test work? The nonverbal ‘brain hearing’ test asks people to identify one sound played into one ear while a different sound is played into the other. The task reveals how effectively the brain separates and interprets competing noises, such as when in a busy environment like a restaurant.   The study was funded by Alzheimer’s Society and involved…

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Channel 4 partners with SunLife to broadcast a special edition of the 1966 FIFA World Cup™ Final In Colour in aid of Alzheimer’s Society

Stuart Mitchell

Sixty years since England soared to World Cup glory, Channel 4 is to relive one of the world’s most famous football matches, showing the match in full and in colour. In partnership with SunLife, this broadcast of England’s historic 4-2 victory over West Germany at Wembley Stadium on 30 July 1966 will raise awareness of dementia and Alzheimer’s Society, supporting people living with dementia and their families. Comedian David Baddiel introduces the broadcast, with Sir Geoff Hurst, England’s hattrick hero on that famous day in ‘66, reflecting on the match…

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Baristas are better trained than dementia staff

Stuart Mitchell

Baristas can receive more training to make great coffee than care workers receive to provide dementia care – a new report exposes alarming gaps in dementia training. Gaps in dementia training Huge injustices in dementia training revealed across social care: half of staff receive just one to two hours of dementia learning despite 70% of care home residents living with condition. These serious shortfalls in dementia training are leaving social care staff unprepared, unsupported, and putting people with dementia at risk of inadequate care. Over a third of staff lack…

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Celebrities launch the Alzheimer’s Society’s Forget Me Not Appeal with striking new portraits

Stuart Mitchell

On  Forget Me Not Appeal will end the devastation caused by dementia. In support of this aim, our celebrity ambassadors have been wearing their pins proudly in this powerful and intimate photo series. On Monday 2 June, Alzheimer’s Society released a new photography series to launch its 2025 Forget Me Not Appeal which aims to end the devastation caused by dementia – the UK’s biggest killer, with nearly one million people in the UK living with the disease. Alzheimer’s Society Ambassadors Anna Richardson, Gareth Locke-Locke and Meera Syal CBE feature…

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