News & events

Carmel Geoghegan, Founder of Dementia Ireland, writes about her experience of caring for her mother and the rewards, stigma and life changing experiences it brought.

This year, International Women’s Day focuses on equality, both at the individual and collective level. In part one of this part two series for International Women’s Day, we look at the role of women as carers in dementia care.

ADI's Global Perspective for February 2020 now available.

Roche‌ ‌announces ‌ end of ‌DIAN-TU-001‌ ‌study‌ ‌after‌ ‌it‌ ‌failed‌ ‌to‌ ‌meets‌ ‌its‌ ‌primary‌ ‌endpoint‌ ‌in‌ ‌people‌ ‌who‌ ‌are‌ ‌affected‌ ‌by‌ ‌early‌ ‌onset‌ ‌Autosomal‌ ‌dominant‌ ‌Alzheimer’s‌ ‌disease.

A look at progress and continuing barriers for “the work of a generation”: Challenging stigma in mental health, from Ruth Stone and Sue Baker of Time to Change Global

On Young Carers Awareness Day, ADI Communications and Policy Manager, Annie Bliss, highlights some global examples of youth engagement in issues around dementia. Youth participation is critical for dementia communities globally, as young people play a huge role in volunteerism, advocacy and raising awareness.

Meera Pattabiraman, Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), writes about ARDSI’s successful engagements with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India, a country where over 5 million people live with dementia.

Featured in the World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to dementia, Rangimahora Reddy and Pare Meha of the Rauawaawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust, as well as Dr Etuini Ma’u of the Waikato District Health Board and Professor John Oetzel of the University of Waikato, delve into the complexities surrounding diagnosing mate wareware (dementia) in Māori communities and how tailored cultural programmes can aid in supporting the individual and their whānau (family).