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UK to host first G8 dementia summit 19 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
19 August 2013 - On 11 December 2013 the UK will host the first G8 dementia summit. Prime Minister David Cameron aims to lead coordinated global action against what is fast becoming one of the greate...
Latest news from AAIC 2013 15 Jul 2013 | 02:39 pm
15 July 2013 - This week we will be bringing you all of the latest news from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, currently taking place in Boston, USA. Monday 15 July Cancer and Ch...
Safely Home partnership for Alzheimer Society of Canada 12 Jul 2013 | 08:28 pm
12 July 2013 - The Alzheimer Society of Canada has forged a new partnership with Canadian MedicAlert Foundation to improve the safety of people with dementia across the country. The MedicAlert Safely ...
$104 million for Alzheimer's disease in US Senate funding bill 12 Jul 2013 | 03:26 pm
12 July 2013 - The Alzheimer's Association in the USA welcomed on Tuesday the decision of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencie...
ADI 2013 conference presentations now available 10 Jul 2013 | 03:46 pm
Presentations from the 28th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International are now available. Topics covered at the event, which took place in Taipei in April 2013, include challenges f...
June Global Perspective available now 28 Jun 2013 | 07:54 pm
The June 2013 issue of our Global Perspective newsletter is now available. This issue includes a report on the 28th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International and coverage of the ap...
National dementia plan confirmed for Peru 17 May 2013 | 04:56 pm
17 May 2013 - A new Peruvian law, passed this week, set in motion the development of a national dementia plan for Peru, the first of its kind within the Latin American region. The law states that a pl...
ReadSpeaker enables the ADI website to be read out loud to you 15 May 2013 | 05:01 pm
The ADI website now features ReadSpeaker, a text-to-speech service which allows the main content of webpages to be read out loud to you. On most pages on the website, there is a Listen button near the...
UK government targets global effort on dementia 15 May 2013 | 02:01 pm
15 May 2013 - The UK government has announced that it will use its Presidency of the G8 to develop an international approach to collaboration on dementia research. A G8 dementia summit will take place...
USA study: 1 in 8 report increasing confusion or memory loss 13 May 2013 | 03:50 pm
13 May 2013 - New results from a study in the USA have shown that one in eight adults aged 60 and over report increased confusion or memory loss in the previous 12 months. This is according to data ju...
