Dementia HIT News
‘Fastball’ test to detect Alzheimer’s earlier gets major £1.5 million funding boost
A simple but revolutionary test to improve early detection for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease could…
Chinese Community Wellbeing Society promotes continence health as part of sessions for members living with dementia
The Chinese Community Wellbeing Society, based in Bristol, is promoting the benefits of engaging…
Dementia HIT co-director publishes two new books
Two new books by Dementia HIT co-director Dr Gary Christopher have been published by Routledge.
‘I am human too’: South Asian older women’s group records song to raise awareness of dementia
An older women’s group run in Bristol by Dhek Bhal has recorded a song called…
Dementia HIT 2022-23
Piloting innovative dementia projects The HIT secured more than three quarters of a…
Depression in Alzheimer's has different risk factors to depression in those without dementia
Depression in Alzheimer’s has different risk factors than depression in older adults without the…
Come and find out about our brilliant brain
Ever wondered how your brain learns to overcome disgust or thinks when asleep? People of…
Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered: new book by Dementia HIT’s Rik Cheston
Professor Rik Cheston from Bristol Health Partners’ Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) has written…
ICB leads the way in healthcare research
For the last nine years Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) has been the…
HIT directors share their work at UK Dementia Congress
Two of our Dementia HIT directors, Dr Rachel Holland and Isobel Jones, spoke at the…
Free online dementia training for BNSSG health, social care and voluntary sector staff
Bristol Health Partners Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) is running a programme of five…
