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Our statement on the Scottish Government’s ‘Excess deaths from all causes and dementia’ report, released Wednesday 9th February. 

We are delighted to welcome Professor Craig Ritchie to his new additional role as Director of Brain Health Scotland, where he will be working alongside Alzheimer Scotland to lay the foundations for Brain Health Scotland.

Another 98 Dementia Champions and 45 Dementia Specialist Improvement Leads (DSIL) will graduate from specialist dementia training programmes.

Alzheimer Scotland is committed to ensuring the voices of people with dementia, carers, partners and family members are heard by local decision makers.

The Scottish Government recently launched a consultation process for the 4th National Dementia Strategy and we want to your input. 

We’ve all seen the news coverage about the increasing emergence of artificial intelligence, or AI. It’s a phenomenon that is being widely scrutinised, with projections about how it might affect jobs, and how we live our lives in general. But how might it specifically benefit healthcare systems of the future?

The 15 October marks Allied Health Professionals day in the UK – a chance for us to recognise the amazing and crucial role Allied Health Professionals play in healthcare and wellbeing.

Purple Alert is marking World Alzheimer’s Day and its 2^nd anniversary with a major milestone.

In recent days and months, we have witnessed an increase in hard hitting and in the view of many people, stereotypical and frightening images of what living with some form of dementia means, however Alzheimer Scotland does not support this approach.

Recent stats revealed that 10,000 study participants have been involved in vital dementia research thanks to an innovative service run by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).