LGBTQ+ News New app package keeps treasured LGBTQ+ memories alive for people living with dementia From Pride, drag acts and LGBTQ+ role models, to trans heroes, queer art and film and the HIV/Aids epidemic, the content of the LGBTQ+ Memories app package is designed to encourage people living with dementia, and their loved ones, to reminisce and have conversations about their lives, the past and By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Health Learning disability dementia service launches in West Sussex The Community Learning Disability Team in West Sussex, run by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, is delivering the service as people with learning disabilities and Down’s syndrome are more likely to have memory problems as they get older. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Study finds LGB communities more at risk of dementia in later life A study by Michigan State University (MSU) has found those who identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual are more likely to suffer from dementia in later life. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community News Mayor attends launch of Switchboard’s Rainbow Café Switchboard opens new community project – the Rainbow Café, to support LGBTQ people who live with memory loss or dementia. With an £11,725 grant awarded by the Rainbow Fund, the Rainbow Café is a new initiative for LGBTQ people living with dementia or memory loss and their friends, families and care By Besi • 2 min read
General News New homes to help people living with dementia A new council housing scheme in central Brighton will help people with dementia carry on living independently. The Brooke Mead Extra Care scheme in Albion Street will provide 45 self-contained rented flats, with first residents moving in now. By Besi • 2 min read
Let’s make this election memorable; Simon Kirby, Alzheimer’s Society, One, Parliament Street, Westminster. 17th March 2015. © Pete Jones pete@pjproductions.co.uk General News Kemptown MP supports Alzheimer’s general election campaign Simon Kirby, the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and MP for the last Parliamentary session has pledged to make this election memorable by taking action to support the 850,000 people across the UK, and 1237 people in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven living with dementia. S By Sarah Green • 1 min read
