Dementia assistance dogs – helping with the future of dementia care
Dementia assistance dogs could alter the way that care is provided to dementia patients as it becomes a growing issue in the UK, along with the pressures put on care homes.Dementia Dog Kaspa who took part in the first dementia dog trials in Scotland in 2013Dementia dogs joining the ranks of assistance dogsThere is plenty […]
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BBC launches music website to help those living with dementia
The BBC has launched a new music website to help people living with dementia “reconnect with the music they have loved” and trigger happy memories. Research has highlighted the health benefits that music can play in helping people reminisce. Memories tend to be strongest from people’s teens and early twenties and reconnecting with music they associate […]
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Alpacas bring happiness to dementia patients in Carlisle
Alpaca duo, Twinkle and Dude, have taken time out from the farm this week to visit patients with dementia at the Ruskin Unit in Carlisle. Twinkle and Dude visited the unit to provide animal therapy, an alternative to medicine which can improve a patient’s social and emotional wellbeing. Patients spent time with the alpacas, stroking them […]
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Dementia charity launches new music app to help people produce their own ‘Playlist for Life’
Dementia charity ‘Playlist for Life’ have launched a new music app to help make it easier for families and professionals to bring the benefits of music to anyone living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.Scottish based ‘Playlist for Life’ was set up by writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson in 2013 to spread awareness of […]
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