We know dementia care can be fixed. As the next election approaches, we need politicians to put #dementia at the top of the agenda so that no one faces dementia alone. 📢

Tell party leaders that winning our votes means transforming dementia care: action.dementiauk.org/sign-letter-pa…

Less than three weeks to go until the Great Manchester Run!

A #TrainingTuesday shout-out to Team Lewy: Darryll Robertson, Jackie Salt, Robin Torr, William Smith, Steve Smith, Adam Vause, Alasdair Hicks, Daryl Patton, Justyna Broady, Hazely Farley, Rebecca Williamson

So proud to…

If you or a loved one have Lewy body dementia please consider helping with this important study 👇

#Lewybodydementia #Dementia #ShiningALightOnLewyBodyDementiaSince2006

So many people know nothing about Lewy body dementia until someone in their family is finally diagnosed with it - often after being told they had something else entirely.

We want to get people talking about the disease and how is it different from other dementia so fewer people…

🌟 Speaker Spotlight🌟
We welcome Dr. Kevin Quaid to the stage next week! It is always a pleasure to listen to Kevin speak so openly and earnestly about his experiences of living with dementia.

Don't miss out!: buff.ly/47VWHQl

Irish Dementia Working Group Dr Kevin Quaid Lewy Body Society

Time for a cuppa with the amazing Jenny in A&E ⁦WWL NHS⁩ ⁦WWL EMERGENCY CARE 💙⁩ ⁦Kevin Parker-Evans (He/Him)⁩ ⁦Kim Whiteside⁩ ⁦Dementia UK⁩ ⁦Lewy Body Society⁩ ⁦Tracy Kirkham⁩ #startingtheconversation #letstalkaboutdementia

Disappointing to be unable to attend the meeting with Minister for Social Care, Helen Whately to mark the countdown to #CarersWeek due to illness.

Carers UK and other organisations supporting Carers Week 2024 discussed Government's support for carers and called for the…

As part of the #CarerPovertyCoalition , we supporting a new petition calling for urgent reform of Carer's Allowance to ensure it properly supports carers and puts an end to the devastating overpayments that carers are facing. Add your name today!
#Dementia
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6604…

Update: #Dementia Care Mapping conference -the deadline for submitting Abstracts has been extended to Friday 7th June, midday..😀

Join our new 5-year #EquaDemNetwork Plus as a programme coordinator! Job applications close 12th of May!
ARC North West Coast Institute of Population Health Dr Catherine Talbot Catherine A Robinson Kritika Samsi

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#Wigan #Lewybodydementia

Fancy another inclusive #dementia conference? Register, submit your abstract, and/or book a stall now for our national #LiverpoolDementia Conference on 23rd October!
#ADI2024

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Fascinating stuff at #ADI2024 from Dr Megan Rose Readman from University of Liverpool on the experience of hearing loss in people living with Lewy body dementia.

Dr Megan Rose Readman ADI
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#ShiningALightOnLewyBodyDementiaSince2006

One of the best things about #ADI2024 is seeing all your friends in one place!

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Some friendly faces popping by the Lewy Body Society stall at #ADI2024 .

Great to see Emily Wilson, LBS supporter and President of Soroptimist Belfast, and thanks to Dr Catherine Talbot from Bournemouth Uni for manning the stand with University of Liverpool's Dr Clarissa Giebel for a while!…

The Lewy Body Society's 2024's grant round has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who submitted applications.

Our intention is to communicate funding decisions by the end of October 2024.

#Dementia Research #lewybodydementia #Dementia

Today is the last day you can apply for a place in the London Marathon 2025.

We do not have an 'official' place next year, so for anyone who would like to support us, you have until 9pm to enter the ballot: tcslondonmarathon.com/enter/how-to-e…

#Lewybodydementia #LondonMarathon #Dementia …

Have you signed yet?

#dementiacarers #carers #shiningalightonlewybodydementiasince2006

Autophagic #mitochondria (blue) cluster around a Lewy body (yellow) in #Lewy body #dementia cingulate gyrus tissue. Photo by a great PhD student in my lab, Searlait Thom. We really want to know why this is occurring - are LBs sequestering waste when #autophagy is deficient?