Dementia

1.7m Brits are expected to be living with dementia by 2040 - more than double today's levels. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

1.7m people could have dementia in the UK by 2040

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Ken Livingstone suffering from Alzheimer’s, family announces

ANNIVERSARY SHIRT: England captain Harry Kane wears a unique warm-up shirt ahead of the 150th anniversary heritage match against Scotland at Hampden Park

Look at the commemorative charity short England will wear ahead of Scotland game

Alastair Stewart has revealed he has been diagnosed with dementia at the age of 71

Former ITV News presenter reveals dementia diagnosis

Angela Fletcher is CEO at Happy Futures Support Specialists.

Waiting for the government to fix the care sector won’t work - Angela Fletcher

Alzheimer’s disease: New vaccine ‘could reduce or prevent’ impact of illness and ‘eliminate toxic cells’

Alzheimer’s disease: Scientists believe new vaccine offers ‘fresh hope

Fiona Phillips: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s and Dementia and can it be cured?

Fiona Phillips: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s & Dementia?

Emmerdale star dies following private dementia battle

Coronation Street star is suffering with dementia

Bruce Willis with his daughters

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma shares heartbreaking update on actor’s health

Nora Forster and John Lydon attend the BMI Awards at The Dorchester on October 15, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Wife of Sex Pistols star John Lydon dies

Bruce Willis turned 68 on Sunday - Credit: Getty Images

WATCH: Bruce Willis speaks for the first time since dementia diagnosis

Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with dementia - Credit: Getty Images

Bruce Willis’ wife posts heartbreaking message on star’s 68th birthday

A Mediterranean diet slashes the risk of dementia by nearly a quarter, according to new research.

Mediterranean diet slashes risk of dementia by almost a quarter

Emma Heming Willis told paparazzis to stay away from husband Bruce Willis following dementia diagnosis.

Bruce Willis’ wife issues statement to people approaching the star

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia - what it is

Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family confirms

Doing puzzles can be a good way of keeping the brain active

Six steps you can take to reduce the risk of developing dementia

Screengrab taken from Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 showing singer Tony Christie revealing his dementia diagnosis on TV.
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Tony Christie ‘looking forward to working’ following dementia diagnosis

Steve Barclay is the Health Secretary. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A plan for tackling dementia is long overdue - Yorkshire Post Letters

Dementia has been described as one of the UK's biggest killers.

Dementia care plan needed but the Government stalls - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Tom McCulloch, Pontefract.

Carol Cook, who is taking part in the Leeds Memory Walk, pictured with husband Colin, who has dementia.

'Husband's dementia is why I'm doing Leeds Memory Walk'

Retirement community residents in Scarborough became Dementia Friends to help their neighbour.

How Scarborough retirement community rallied to support friend with dementia

‘Football heading for trouble if we don’t take action now’ - Podcast

Paul Higgins

Former RAF aircraftman dies aged 52 after six-year battle with dementia

orld Cup winner Nobby Stiles. Picture: John Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images

Exclusive: Stiles’ son urges clubs to educate footballers over heading

Football legend Jack Charlton who died last year.

Dementia; why footballers need protective head-gear – Yorkshire Post Letters

These are the signs and symptoms of dementia - and the stages explained

These are the symptoms of early onset dementia - and how it is linked to head in...

Mary Beardsley's father Maurice Fitzgerald died in October, after she was unable to see him for months during the pandemic

Dementia sufferers dying of 'loneliness and heartbreak' in lockdown

Selina Wray has just been made a professor at University College London

Meet the Yorkshirewoman growing brain cells to find a cure for Alzheimer's

Prof Selina Wray. Picture: Alzheimer's Research UK.

Dementia researcher's journey from Barnsley social housing to top professorship
A woman who went from growing up in social housing and free school meals in Barnsley has been awarded a Professorship at the University College London (UCL) for her work using s cutting-edge techniques with stem cells to unravel the causes of dementia.

This is what you need to know about the link between negative thoughts and dementia (Photo: Shutterstock)

Negative thinking may lead to dementia according to a new study - here’s what yo...

Social care continues to be neglected by politicians - despite the coronavirus crisis.

Care homes need assurances on potential virus carriers

Alan Titchmarsh. Photo: PA.

Gardening can help people living with Alzheimer's says Alan Titchmarsh

Dame Barbara Windsor and her husband Scott Mitchell, who have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to solve the dementia care crisis as they were named ambassadors of charity Alzheimer's Society. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Boris Johnson must heed Barbara Windsor's dementia care crisis warning: The York...

MAC is focusing on developing ways to help people living with dementia manage the symptoms that impact on their everyday lives.

Ad Feature Fight against dementia is gathering pace

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

YP Letters: UK's poisoned chalice of rail transport

Sharon Small as Alice in Still Alice.

Still Alice: The play about dementia Wendy Mitchell has helped bring to life but...

26 September 2017...... Natalie Haigh from the Leeds City Museum where forget-me-nots have been made by organisations and people in Leeds to raise awareness of dementia. Picture Tony Johnson.

Giant sea of beautiful flowers in Leeds

The first Dementia Connection meeting will be held on October 3 at 7:30pm, at the Pine Marten.

New group created in Harrogate to support children of people living with dementi...

Andrew and Lee Pearse

Brave brothers leading the fight against evil dementia that took their mum

YP Comment: Rural communities need help

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

YP Comment: Corbyn's crisis of credibility

Living close to a busy road increases the risk of dementia by up to 12%, a study has found.

Living close to a busy road '˜increases your chance of dementia by 12pc'

Ashley Thomas (actor John Middleton) in a special episode of Emmerdale. Picture: ITV

Lonely this Christmas as more live with dementia

Dementia is now the leading cause of death in the country.

Jayne Dowle: At Christmas, remember all those fated to forget it

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease has become the leading cause of death in England and Wales for the first time

Alzheimer's, not cancer, is now our biggest killer: Here's why

Picture: PA

Worries about memory loss lead to calls for future planning

Dementia Support Good Neighbours offer practical support as well as company and chat.

Picture: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Dementia help to expand after funding

David Cameron launches a new dementia intiative today

Cameron promises millions to find treatments for dementia

Women face a dementia 'triple whammy', Alzheimer's Research UK warns.

Dementia hitting women hardest

‘Dementia tax’ blow  for elderly  and their  families

More diagnosed with dementia but half suffer without any help

The Yorkshire Post auctioned the chance to lunch with head teacher Jonny Mitchell, star of Channel Four's Educating Yorkshire

Yorkshire Post readers raise thousands for Alzheimer’s charity

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

Postcode lottery over dementia care exposed

Tim (right) and Nick Hodgson pictured in Kirkstall, Leeds.

How Alzheimer’s took my dad, by ex-Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson

A pair of Jet2 tickets is among the items to be auctioned

Flights to Europe among lots as charity Christmas auction nears

Gareth Wilmot with parents Graham and Lesley

YP Christmas Appeal: Tragedy of Gareth, a dementia patient at 37

Suzy Lamplugh’s father tells of his wife’s dementia battle