Ahead of The Scout Association’s A Million Hands Big Moment this spring, we hear from Bruce Moore. He is a Dementia Friends Champion, who recently held an Information Session with young Sea Cub Scouts. W.C. Fields famously said, “Don’t work with animals or children”. I wouldn’t suggest trying to get your cat or dog to […]
How Iceland Foods is taking the fight to dementia
Sir Malcolm Walker, founder, chairman and chief executive of Iceland Foods Ltd, is proud to be an Alzheimer’s Society ambassador. Here he shares his hopes for the future in the store-wide fight against dementia. Like many people, I didn’t pay too much attention to dementia until it affected my own family directly. From the moment […]
Uncovering the challenge of sex and intimacy in care homes this Valentine’s Day
Hear from Alzheimer’s Society’s Innovation team, who work hard and at speed to create new solutions to identified needs or problems. Over nine weeks, they have been investigating how to better support care homes with residents living with dementia on the subject of sex and intimacy. February is often a time when many think of love, […]
Uniting people against dementia through brand – a year on
Vivienne Francis, Director of Marketing and External Affairs, reflects on the past year since Alzheimer’s Society’s new brand identity. It is a year today since we launched our new, engaging brand, as part of our desire to ‘turn up the volume’ on dementia and to engage more people. We are adding a new word to the lexicon, […]
How the Scouts are uniting against dementia
Dementia is already a part of young people’s lives. Our research shows that one in three young people already know someone living with dementia. This could be a grandparent, a friend of the family, or a neighbour. Increasingly, it could be a parent. That’s why Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with The Scout Association. Young […]