News

News, blogs and stories from across the field of dementia, the work of Alzheimer’s Disease International and our members.

Featured news

Printworks Park, Canada Water, London. Photo courtesy British Land.

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.

Published date:
Photo of Glenn Rees

Thinking more deeply about dementia friendly initiatives

This piece questioning how we see and understand dementia friendly communities, their role and how they may evolve was contributed to the World Alzheimer Report 2019 by Glenn Rees, former Chair of ADI, and Dr Linda Barclay, a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Monash University who specialises in disability and justice.

Published date:

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

Published date:
Hilary Doxford, Dementia Advocate

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.

Published date: