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In his March update Henry talks about the Action on Rights team and our new National Counselling Service. He also provides an update on the reopening of our day services and our Fair Dementia Care campaign.

Martin Robertson was diagnosed with a rare form of dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, in 2016 aged 57. Since then, he has engaged heavily with the research field, seeing it as the route to a cure for this disease. 

Tennis coach, Judy Murray, is backing an initiative that shows how beneficial tennis can be to help people keep their brains stimulated.

Read Henry Simmons' most recent update.

Alzheimer Scotland's Chief Executive, Henry Simmons responds to the SFA announcement about newly updated heading guidelines for all age groups from 6 to 17 year olds.

Charity of the year partners Santander aim to raise £8,000 as they join Scotland’s Memory Walk this September.

Kirsty Lambert completes 7 marathons in 7 days with her cardiac rehabilitation group

Here are our top tech tips and for winter showcasing some of the devices tried and tested by people living with dementia and their carers.  

The role of a Post Diagnostic Support (PDS) Link Worker is to support people who have received a dementia diagnosis (and their families) to understand the illness, maintain community connections, meet other people with dementia, and help them with future planning and decision making. Rebecca Macdonald joined Alzheimer Scotland in June 2022 as a PDS Link Worker and shares her thoughts on the role.