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Alzheimer's Research Trust
Hello All
The Alzheimer's Research Trust is the Uk's leading research charity for dementia. They fund vital research into the causes, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. They also provide free information on dementia and the treatments currently available.
If you would like to help or need information, here are their details.
www.alzheimers-research.org.uk
[EMAIL="enquiries@alzheimers-research.org.uk"]enquiries@alzheimers-research.org.uk[/EMAIL]
Alzheimer's Research Trust
The Stables
Station Road
Gt Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5LR
Telephone: 01223 843899
Dementia statistics:
There are 700,000 people living with dementia in the UK today, a number forecast to double within a generation.
25 million people, or 42% of the UK population, are affected by dementia through knowing a close friend or family member with the condition.
Just 2.5% of the government's medical research budget is spent on dementia research, while a quarter is spent on cancer research.
1 in 3 over 65s will die with some form of dementia.
163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes.
The number of people with cognitive impairment, which is most commonly caused by dementia, is expected to increase by 66 percent between 1998 and 2031 to 765,000 individuals.
According to the Dementia UK report from King's College London and the London School of Economics (commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society) dementia currently costs the UK over £17billion per year.
Dementia costs in the UK will reach almost £35 billion within 20 years according to the King's Fund's 2008 report 'Paying the Price'.
Unless treatments are found the number of people with cognitive impairment who will be placed in institutions is expected to rise by more than 63 percent from 224,000 in 1998 to 365,000 in 2031.
If scientists could develop a treatment that would reduce severe cognitive impairment in older people by just 1% per year, this would cancel out all estimated increases in the long-term care costs due to our ageing population.
Many thanks for reading this post. I hope you found it interesting and helpful.
Registered Charity no: 1077089
The Alzheimer's Research Trust is the Uk's leading research charity for dementia. They fund vital research into the causes, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. They also provide free information on dementia and the treatments currently available.
If you would like to help or need information, here are their details.
www.alzheimers-research.org.uk
[EMAIL="enquiries@alzheimers-research.org.uk"]enquiries@alzheimers-research.org.uk[/EMAIL]
Alzheimer's Research Trust
The Stables
Station Road
Gt Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5LR
Telephone: 01223 843899
Dementia statistics:
There are 700,000 people living with dementia in the UK today, a number forecast to double within a generation.
25 million people, or 42% of the UK population, are affected by dementia through knowing a close friend or family member with the condition.
Just 2.5% of the government's medical research budget is spent on dementia research, while a quarter is spent on cancer research.
1 in 3 over 65s will die with some form of dementia.
163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes.
The number of people with cognitive impairment, which is most commonly caused by dementia, is expected to increase by 66 percent between 1998 and 2031 to 765,000 individuals.
According to the Dementia UK report from King's College London and the London School of Economics (commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society) dementia currently costs the UK over £17billion per year.
Dementia costs in the UK will reach almost £35 billion within 20 years according to the King's Fund's 2008 report 'Paying the Price'.
Unless treatments are found the number of people with cognitive impairment who will be placed in institutions is expected to rise by more than 63 percent from 224,000 in 1998 to 365,000 in 2031.
If scientists could develop a treatment that would reduce severe cognitive impairment in older people by just 1% per year, this would cancel out all estimated increases in the long-term care costs due to our ageing population.
Many thanks for reading this post. I hope you found it interesting and helpful.
Registered Charity no: 1077089
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for more info check out www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk . You'll find me there.
New Year's Resolution: Post less unnecessary posts. (and that was 2007)
yes, I realise I may appear cold and heartless a lot of the time.0 -
GiveItBack wrote: »Just wondering, Why?
Alzheimer's Scotland give sufferers and their families and carers a lot of local support-as a family they've saved what's left of our sanity on more than one occasion.
They support us, so we support them-in my family's case anyway
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Good answer!
I just find people always want to support something they see as 'local', even though often, it's no more 'local' than someone else.for more info check out www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk . You'll find me there.
New Year's Resolution: Post less unnecessary posts. (and that was 2007)
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Also there is different charity legislation in Scotland: UK wide charities have to be registered in both places, don't they? Which means that if you want help and you're in Scotland, you do need the Scottish rather than the English branch ...Signature removed for peace of mind0
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Hi there, just thought I'd pop in to clarify matters.
Alzheimer's Research Trust fund research into dementia across the UK.
Alzheimer Scotland provide services and campaign actively to help people with dementia and their families and carers across Scotland. We run a 24 hour freephone helpline and provide local services at over 60 sites across Scotland. We also undertake research (but on a much smaller scale than the Alzheimer's Research Trust). You can find out more about us at http://www.alzscot.org .
The Alzheimer's Society covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland (but not Scotland): http://www.alzheimers.org.uk0 -
Now that impresses me, well done ALZScot on picking this up!
There is different legislation Sue, some work in both areas, and some, like RSPCA, and ART above, only work in England and have a Scottish counterpart / sister organisation. Charities working in both need to be registered in both, but some of it depends on how you define 'working in' Scotland.
As you all may (or may not), know, my big bugbear is duplication, for example when someone spends time money and effort starting a charity that does pretty much exactly the same as an existing one, but what I LIKE, is a charity that knows what is being missed and steps in to do it.
All in all, a great thread (from my POV)for more info check out www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk . You'll find me there.
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Many thanks for your post AlzScot, I wasn't aware of that.0
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Isn't there are technically 3 legisations one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and one for Northern Ireland?0
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