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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.
An Early Day Motion was put before the UK Parliament in December 2014 with the title "John's Campaign and the right to stay with dementia patients in hospital." [ 5 ] The campaign has received coverage including the April 2015 edition of the Alzheimer's Society 's magazine Living with Dementia and BBC Radio 4's You and Yours consumer programme ...
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 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.
The levy was designed to improve social care, and deal with the backlog of patients waiting for treatment following the COVID-19 pandemic The new levy means any person liable to pay national insurance, including people of pension age, is required to pay a tax equal to 1.25% of the amount of individual's earnings or profits.
There are seven Research Councils in the UK (see table below), all of which are now part of UK Research and Innovation.Each council receives funding from the Government's Science Budget (administered through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) to fund research in a different area of research with a view to improving the UK economy, society and creating a sustainable world. [1]
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Marie Curie runs a free, UK-wide support line service to provide practical information and emotional support on all aspects of life with terminal illness, dying and bereavement. The service includes a phone line, call-back service, web chat, an online community, and information online and in print.