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& two posters are shared all day today at #35AEC showcasing connecting people connecting support (our AHP policy in Scotland) being delivered @alzscot.bsky.social

The parallel session on Rare Dementias #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social yesterday included lots of awareness raising of childhood dementia & the primary progressive aphasia @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social FYI PPA awareness day 2026 will be 10th April! speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

Last day of #35AEC - POS16-05. Come chat with me and play with the music jamming companion

Claire Fyve - For everyone at this conference, please remember that dementia occurs across the lifespan - children get dementia too #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

Childhood Dementia Initiative Urgently disrupting the impact of childhood dementia. Childhood Dementia Initiative exists to find answers and better ways to research and treat the 70+ disorders that lead to childhood dementia. Thro...

Claire Fyve tells us about her son’s condition Nieman-Picks disease. Known as “childhood Alzheimer’s”. It’s the first time childhood dementia has been presented at Alzheimer Europe Conference #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social see more info www.childhooddementia.org

Woman standing on stage presenting a slide on different dementias

Plenary on different types of dementia. Yolande Pijnenburg Fronto-temporal disease first symptom is loss of social cognition - but we find it difficult to describe this. FTD may also be seen with Amyotrophic Lateral Syndrome

Reflections from DEMFEST 2025: community voices in dementia research In this blog, Dr Neil Chadborn – a dementia researcher at the University of Nottingham with NIHR ARC East Midlands – reflects on recent community e

If you missed my poster you can read about our work with diverse communities in this blog - there’s also a link to YouTube film of our community members talking about their involvement in #DementiaResearch #35AEC arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/reflect...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

New diagnostics, treatments, and prevention interventions mark a decisive turning point for dementia. WDC Executive Director Lenny Shallcross is opening our session to discuss how advocacy must evolve as science advances. It's a key moment for our field. #35AEC

At #35AEC @richardangell.bsky.social from the Terence Higgins Trust made a powerful point in our session: "Not acting on Alzheimer’s is the ultimate economic" failure. The global cost of dementia is a clear call to action for governments to invest in diagnostics and treatments.

I look forward to presenting our work, POS14-28, which are the results of a new scoping review on #EyeTracking and mild cognitive impairment, #MCI, tomorrow, Wednesday 8 October, from 10:00 to 15:45, at the EX GAM Foyer on the first floor of the @alzheimereurope.bsky.social.

#35AEC #Research

Woman standing at a lectern giving a presentation on social health in dementia

We like an umbrella in a schematic diagram in #DementiaResearch - Myrra Vernooij-Dassen brings together diverse things that make up social health #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

Woman presents slides behind lecturn. Psycho-social support for dementia

Esme Moniz-Cook presents 25years of collaborative research in InterDem - one of first outputs was guidebook of psychosocial interventions for #dementia #35AEC #Bologna www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

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Megan Rose Readman presenting about her research on dementia village in NorthWest England. Facilitated by North West Coast Living Lab

Megan Rose Readman presenting about her research on dementia village in NorthWest England. Facilitated by North West Coast Living Lab @alzheimereurope.bsky.social #35AEC

Social constructionism destabilises essential identity entirely. Failing to grasp this really is the root of much of the "debate" on this issue.

I am not so much who i am as the performances and stories i weave myself from and in, all within the social narratives and performances around me

A letter from the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network, signed by over a hundred people including rabbis, published in the Herald today: archive.ph/BRTCY

Martina Roes starts by quoting Gloria Gaynor “I am what I am” 🎵 #35AEC - social constructivist perspective - sex & gender are both socially constructed

Preview of poster at Alzheimer Europe conference

Please come & see my poster today Pos.7-20 Digital inequalities in social care - diverse ethnicities @alzheimereurope.bsky.social #35AEC

Great first day at #35AEC Margaret and Stuart share their peer resource, Jess sharing impact of occupational therapy home based memory rehabilitation, presentation on the important role of speech and language therapy and then learning about childhood dementia.

Maria Terese Ferretti starts the #35AEC session on gender by telling us that 5% of genes are on X chromosome. Also key social risk factors for #dementia are gendered- eg education @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

35th Alzheimer Europe Conference takes place in Bologna under the banner “Connecting science and communities: The future of dementia care”, with a record number of more than 1,500 delegates from 48 co... Bologna, 7 October 2025 – The 35th Alzheimer Europe Conference (#35AEC) “Connecting Science and Communities: The future of dementia care” was formally opened ye

Are you attending #35AEC in Bologna and want a quick recap of the goings on from Day 1 yesterday?

Or are you unable to join us in Italy for our Conference and want to know what you're missing?

Check out our report from the first day: www.alzheimer-europe.org/news/35th-al...

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Also need to bust myths - cultural myths about what dementia is - maybe like ‘being possessed’ - are believed in some cultures, and would put people off getting involved #35AEC

Paddy Crosbie - it’s important to feedback on research findings. If you don’t get that, it’s a barrier to getting involved/participating. Got involved in cognitive rehab project - heard about outcomes & that it was being shared with practitioners - makes it meaningful #35AEC

There were interesting questions & ‘disruptions’ from people with dementia - should we use terms like ‘dementia friendly initiatives’; are cartoon images of ‘older man’ bent over walking stick appropriate; do we ‘set the bar too low’ #35AEC

When dementia challenges the friendship - English subtitles In the short film "When Dementia Challenges the Friendship", three pairs of friends share their experiences with how dementia affects relationships. The…

Mirjeta Emini described how she made video of people with dementia talking with a friend about how friendships sustain, develop through #dementia vimeo.com/1115446283 #35AEC

Active Voice The Active Voice of people living with dementia and their carers is about upholding rights, driving change, and shaping policy and practice

Stuart & Margaret in Scottish Dementia Working Group, reviewed ‘Top Tips’ useful for people with #dementia and care partners www.alzscot.org/campaign-for... #35aec

Greta Thunberg for Nobel Prize