Dementia

Over 40,000 people with dementia are reported missing for the first time in the UK every year

Ad Feature Appeal launched to safeguard digital database for dementia patients

The Memory Walk has been organised by Bamber Bridge Women's Shed.

Memory walk is for 'anyone who has been affected by dementia'

Garstang Methodist Hub, Park Hill Road

Garstang Men's Shed needs you - here's how to get involved

A yellow health warning has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency across Lancashire today

Lancashire faces scorching temperatures as heat health alert issued

The robotic cats are given to people who use the Leyland Day Centre such as John Pallet (pictrued), to help them relax and to spark conversations.

Meet the furry robotic felines putting a smile on some elderly faces

How the home could look in Saxon Place, Penwortham

19 objections to new Penwortham care home plan - decision next week

Withy Trees Activity Centre, Fulwood

Heartbreak as thieves steal from over-55s charity twice in two weeks

Exploratory endpoints included assessments of blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, and additional markers for pre-diabetes

Ad Feature Trial reports findings on cognitive function in dementia patients

The cake sale formed part of Astley View Care Home's Dementia Action Week fundraising activities, with donations supporting the Alzheimer's Society.

Astley View care home raises funds for Alzheimer's Society

Dovehaven Lodge in Ingol is opening a new specialist unit called the Rowan Unit.

Specialist care unit for adults with complex needs to open in Preston

Meet Bamber Bridge Meadow Bank care home cat Ribble who has been comforting residents for TWENTY years. Same little paw pose, two decades apart!

Loved resident is ‘feline’ great after marking 20 years at care home

The Time for a Cuppa event takes place at Rainbow House in Grangemouth to raise funds for Dementia UK (Picture: Submitted)

UK's first 'mobile museum' for dementia patients heads to South Ribble

Longridge Hall Care Home's open day and Spring Fete that was planned for Saturday has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Care home's Spring fete cancelled this weekend

Ground-breaking dementia blood tests being trialled in Lancashire

Healey Lodge, Manchester Road, Burnley

Raft of concerns revealed at this care home near you

The toilets in Newchurch Road, Rossendale and inset, how they could look

Toilet block could be turned into community hub - here's the plan
Plans to redevelop a former public toilet block into a community hub have been revealed.
Catherine Musgrove

Glenroyd care home, Blackpool

Care home still 'Requires Improvement' despite "significant progress"

Preston Coroner's Court

70-year-old dementia patient died after punches to face in care home

Jacob and Harley, founders of the SpudBros, with Our Dementia Choir

Preston's Spud Bros release Christmas charity single & spud

Belgravia Care Home on North Promenade, Blackpool, was rated as 'requires improvement' by the CQC

Care home served with CQC warning & told to improve - here's why

L: Spudbros with Vicky McClure's Our Dementia Choir. R: The campaign artwork

Preston's Spud Bros announce Christmas charity single & spud

Royal Care Home, St Anne's.

Care home warned over safe care & treatment of vulnerable residents

Local MP Lorraine Beavers attends Step Back in Time dance with Dementia class in Fleetwood

Dementia friendly socialisation in Fleetwood has special visitors

Moorhead Rest Home, Accrington

'We didn't expect a second negative report' - failing care home

Danielle Houghton has been jailed after stealing nearly £10,000 from a 91-year-old woman she was meant to be caring for

Carer spent nearly £10k of dementia patient's cash on Netflix and KFC

Lancashire care home rated as 'requires improvement' in CQC report

David Shorrock sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman who suffered from advanced dementia at a residential home in Hyndburn

Care worker sexually assaulted woman with advanced dementia
A care worker sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman who suffered from advanced dementia at a residential home in Hyndburn.
Sean Gleaves

Martin Lynch.

I take a cold plunge in my wheelie bin every day - it helps my PTSD

Inside £4m Omaze prize draw house in Scottish highlands

Watch: Inside £4m Omaze prize draw house in Scottish highlands

A Lancashire man has pleaded guilty to neglecting his 94-year-old mother

Man pleads guilty to neglecting 94-year-old mother who had dementia

Flu cases have risen at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Doctor who punched a dementia patient in the head is struck off

New research suggests that drinking tap water could be putting millions of people living in the UK at a greater risk of dementia.

New research warns of 'link' between soft water and dementia

The numbers of people diagnosed with dementia has soared.

Signs of dementia as NHS urge families to look out for these symptoms

The scan of a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer

Scientists harness healthy gut bacteria to fight prostate cancer

Plant-based alternatives to meat are increasingly realistic (Picture: Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Why it's bad that vegetarians now eat the most ultra-processed foods

The Sabrina Team at the National Care Awards 2024

Local dementia nurses named best care team in the UK - this is why

Families and loved ones of people living with dementia in Lancashire will have the chance to get expert advice as part of an ongoing series of workshops by Sandstone Care Group

Dementia doesn’t just affect the individual, it's also hard for family

A litany of accusations against Eugenia Mujima Ugwoaga were submitted to the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Nurse who hit vulnerable dementia patient struck off

Dr Anthony Aggidis and the brain of a fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The red shows where Tau is building up in clusters along the neurons

Lancashire scientists make breakthrough in treating Alzheimer’s

A dental expert gives their tips on maintaining a healthy mouth

Harley Street dentist reveals 12 rules in his own cleaning regime

King Charles

Why King Charles eats avocados: a nutritional expert explains benefits

Kevin ‘Kev’ Button, who lives with dementia at HC-One’s Meadow Bank Care Home in Bamber Bridge received a blessing with his long-term partner Allison Gallacher to celebrate their love for each other as part of World Alzheimer’s Month.

Care home resident with dementia holds blessing ceremony with partner

Burnley parkrun. Photo by George Webster

I'm a doctor - it's great Parkrun has got thousands more active

Human remains found on an industrial estate in Darwen have been identified as John Hawthornthwaite

ID of remains solves 23 year mystery of what happened to missing OAP

(Photo: Pexels)

Martin Lewis reveals how pensioners can claim up to £5,600 annually

Leyland Rotary President, Jim Costello, meeting the Drumming4Dementia group

Leyland Rotary helping local good causes

John Yates paid £105 for a one-night stay at a private home in Clitheroe advertised on Booking.com (Credit: John Yates / SWNS)

I booked a home to attend a wedding only to find out it had been sold

Lancashire's Diane Carson will be competing the Tough Mudder alongside her son Ross, as well as Mollie, Jasmine, Miles, Zack, Kyra, Anthony, Johnny and Aubrey. Credit: BBC

Lancs Traitors star reunites with co-stars to take on challenge

Gary Neville officially opens the extension at the £2m Ribble Valley Care Home in Sawley

Gary Neville opens extension at care home as part of £2m investment

Loose Women star Coleen feared she was suffering from scary condition

Sandybrook, Sandy Lane, Lower Darwen

Failing Lancashire care home placed into Special Measures

Dr Xowi Mwimbi claimed he acted in self-defence when he punched the vulnerable patient

Doctor found guilty of punching dementia patient at Blackpool Vic

Life saving Preston charity tackling loneliness epidemic with a brew

Christopher Pohl wound down the window of his car and begged his estranged wife to "come home"

Pensioner's attempt to repair marriage almost lands him in jail

St Saviour's headmaster for nearly 30 years, the late Ellis Martland.

Tributes to "devoted" headteacher who spent nearly 30 years at school

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