#WhatsYourPlan campaign results in 20 commitments to implement National Dementia Plans
Following the launch of the #WhatsYourPlan campaign in November 2021, ADI examines the campaign’s successes in its first year.
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ADI members in the Caribbean call for urgent action on dementia
Alzheimer and dementia associations in the Caribbean are calling for National Dementia Plans to be created and implemented through the #WhatsYourPlan campaign.
Open to all: British Land and Canada Water
Emma Cariaga and Ginny Warr of British Land explore what inclusive design means for older people and for business growth. They look at Canada Water, where British Land is creating London’s first new town centre in over 100 years, and at activities across the company’s wider portfolio.
‘Dementia, lessons learned from Qatar’ launched at WISH 2020 Qatar Summit
A new policy briefing, co-authored by ADI, thoroughly examines dementia care policy in Qatar.
New Alzheimer’s disease data platform launched
A new data platform AD Workbench was launched by the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI).
Souvenaid results offer hope for those with early Alzheimer’s disease, including Mild Cognitive Impairment
Promising results from a clinical trial have been published in the peer-reviewed journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Evidence considered at FDA Advisory Committee for potential first new Alzheimer’s disease treatment in decades
The US Food and Drug Administration has reviewed clinical trial data for Biogen’s drug aducanumab, which aims to treat cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer’s disease.
Welcome to our new website
We have a new website, with updated design and content. The site works better on mobile devices and brings together our resources, member information and programmes so they are easy to find.
Designing to support dignity and independence
Fiona Walsh writes about designing around the different challenges a person with dementia may experience – and how these design decisions can have a significant impact on a person’s dignity and independence
COVID-19 has just made the Mount Everest of social care twice as hard to climb
On World Alzheimer’s Day, Hilary Doxford, a dementia advocate and member of the 3 Nations Dementia Working Group and World Dementia Council, shares her views and experiences – as well as those of her friends and fellow advocates – of living with dementia in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.