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A well-known charity volunteer has stepped down from her role and retired after eight years of managing the Alzheimer Scotland’s charity shop in Forres.

Dave Ramsay, 57, from Cupar in Fife, is on a mission to raise funds for a dementia assistance dog in memory of his late wife, Marcia, who was “dog daft”. Marcia worked for Alzheimer Scotland for many years and was particularly passionate about the Dementia Dog project. 

Alzheimer Scotland is delighted to announce our new and exciting partnership with the online gaming community OiOi Games..

Football Memories Project marks 10th anniversary with new initiative.

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. 

Karen is aiming to visit as many of Scotland’s museums as possible – perhaps even all of them! Not just for the fun of it, but for a fantastic cause: Supporting people living with dementia across Scotland by raising much-needed funds for Alzheimer Scotland. Her challenge has already taken her to museums from Orkney to the Borders. 

Alzheimer Scotland welcomes the extension of free personal care to those under 65

Recently recognised brain disorder mimics clinical features of Alzheimer's disease

In every issue of our Dementia in Scotland magazine, we review dementia-related books. Below are the reviews of two books as featured in our latest edition: