Welcome to Alzheimer Scotland's website

Care for a curry - sit down in Edinburgh and stand up in Glasgow!
09 May 2008 Scotland's two big cities are gearing up for the official launch of Alzheimer Scotland's brand new fundraising campaign.

Alzheimer Scotland supports appeal judgment on NICE cost-effectiveness disclosure
01 May 2008 Three judges have found that the process by which NICE decided to restrict the anti-dementia medicines for newly diagnosed patients with mild Alzheimer’s was procedurally unfair.

Alzheimer Scotland welcomes Sutherland Report on Free Personal Care
28 April 2008 Alzheimer Scotland welcomes this landmark review which endorses the policy of free personal care for older people.

Going for Gold – Meeting the Dementia Priorities
31 March 2008 Achieving the ‘gold standard’ for dementia care services - The Dementia Awareness Week conference, on 2nd June in Glasgow.

International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias
31 March 2008 The 6th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia takes place in Rotterdam from September 3 – 5, 2008.

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland's leading dementia charity. We provide services and campaign actively to help people with dementia and their families and carers. This website is for people with dementia, carers, family members, professionals, policy-makers, students and anyone who wants to know more.

We give equal importance to providing services and campaigning. We work nationally and locally to raise awareness of dementia and to influence local and national government. We run a national 24 hour freephone Dementia Helpline and provide local services across Scotland.

Our aims:

• To be the national and local voice of and for people with dementia and their carers in Scotland
• To improve public policies for the benefit of people with dementia and their carers
• To provide and to secure the provision of high quality services for people with dementia
• To provide and to secure the provision of high quality services for carers of people with dementia.