Forum: Alzheimer's Society notices

Living with dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society members’ magazine, wants to know how carers and people with dementia are being affected by cuts to local authority budgets. There are concerns that people are finding it more difficult to access care at home because of cuts to adult social care...

Hi everyone Please see the following message from our Policy and Public Affairs team, about a conference that the Society is holding next month. We’d like to see as many people with dementia and their carers there as possible. More information about the conference is below, and the eagle-eyed...

Hi everyone, I've been asked to post the below invitation, on behalf of colleagues in our local service in Southwark. :) Please contact Ian Adams directly, at ian.adams@alzheimers.org.uk, if you are interested in attending.

Hello everyone Alzheimer’s Society Press Office are looking for couples: who have got married in the last year or are planning to get married soon and have donated (or are planning to donate) to Alzheimer’s Society as part of their wedding through either buying wedding favours from us...

If you've used www.alzheimers.org.uk, our Web team would love to hear what you think about the site, via their annual survey. Please click here to take the survey and share your views. :) Many thanks,

Do you have experience of community and hospital optometric care, either as a patient or a carer? If so, you may be interested in the following message from the College of Optometrists:

If so, we need you to take part in our study, to test and evaluate an online tool that is in the process of being developed by our Research team. The objective of this study is to develop a greater understanding of how users interact with the tool, and to identify areas we can improve at an...

Hi everyone I thought it may be helpful to let you know the opening hours for our National Dementia Helpline during the Christmas period. The Helpline is usually open from 8.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. These hours will apply until Friday 23 December, when the helpline will close at 1pm....

In this podcast we hear from National Dementia Helpline Adviser, Sandra Hillier, about the concerns of families living with dementia over the festive period. Including ideas for gifts and where to go for advice and information (Talking Point gets a mention here of course :)). Also, Dame Jo...

Alzheimer's Society is trying to find out more about the issues surrounding employment that can affect people with dementia and their carers. The aim of this work is to develop evidence about: People with dementia's experiences of work after their condition developed. The experiences of...

Earlier this year the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence changed its guidance on Alzheimer's drugs. The new guidance says that people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease should be able to access treatment. The guidance also says that people in the later stages should be...

Hi everyone I’m writing to let you know that we’ll be making a few changes to some of Talking Point’s sub-forums next week. These changes are being made in response to feedback we’ve received from members over the last while, so we really hope they will prove helpful. :) The following changes...

Just to let you know that we’ve made a couple of minor changes to our Help section and T&Cs today: 1. Our guidance for students and researchers has been amended: researchers wishing to post on Talking Point will now need to provide information confirming that their project has received ethics...

Alzheimer's Society's media team is currently looking to talk to husbands or wives of people in the later stages of dementia, who have entered into a relationship with someone else. The person would need to be willing to share their experiences with the media. We appreciate that this can be a...

Dementia Awareness Week (DAW) is Alzheimer’s Society’s annual flagship awareness-raising campaign. It’s our big opportunity to raise awareness and understand of dementia and get people to ‘Remember the person’ behind the dementia. We’re on the lookout for three people with dementia to share...

Please see the below request from Emma in our Press team. Many thanks, Katherine