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New app package keeps treasured LGBTQ+ memories alive for people living with dementia

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

Learning disability dementia service launches in West Sussex

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.

Study finds LGB communities more at risk of dementia in later life

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.

Mayor attends launch of Switchboard’s Rainbow Café

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

New homes to help people living with dementia

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.

Kemptown MP supports Alzheimer’s general election campaign

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

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