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Davis Phinney started a foundation to inspire and inform people with Parkinson's. Alan Alda (born 1936), American actor. [ 1] Steve Alten (born 1959), American author. [ 2][ 3] Alex Band (born 1981), American singer ( The Calling ). [ 4][better source needed] Andy Barrie (born 1945), Canadian radio personality. [ 5]
The Young Dementia Network was established in 2016, before being absorbed into Dementia UK, following a merger with YoungDementia UK in November 2020. It is intended to provide opportunity for knowledge share, campaigning and collaboration between professionals and those affected by young onset dementia .
Alzheimer's Disease Society. Alzheimer's Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers. It operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, [ 2][ 3] while its sister charities Alzheimer Scotland [ 4] and Alzheimer Society of Ireland cover Scotland and the Republic of Ireland respectively. [ 5][ 6]
Sir Bobby Charlton’s death highlights the urgent need to find a cure for dementia, Alzheimer’s Research UK has said. The Manchester United and England hero – a pillar of the Three Lions ...
She contributed to various organizations, including Innovations in Dementia and York Minds and Voices, and advised on the BBC TV series Casualty and the film Still Alice (2014). [2] Mitchell raised funds for Dementia UK through annual challenges, which included skydiving, firewalking, and wing walking. [2]
Numerous notable people have had some form of mood disorder. This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable sources associating them with some form of bipolar disorder (formerly known as "manic depression"), including cyclothymia, based on their own public statements; this discussion is sometimes tied to the larger topic of creativity and mental illness. In the case of dead people only ...
Alzheimer's Research UK ( ARUK) is a dementia research charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1992 as the Alzheimer's Research Trust . ARUK funds scientific studies to find ways to treat, cure or prevent all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia .
William Charles Utermohlen (December 5, 1933 – March 21, 2007) was an American figurative artist known for his late-period self-portraits completed after his diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease. He was diagnosed in 1995, having had progressive memory loss since 1991. After diagnosis he began a series of self-portraits influenced by both ...