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FaceDementia makes you experience Alzheimer’s
West – Welfare Society Territory
A facebook app against dementia. It’s FaceDementia, an app launched by the Alzheimer’s Research UK, the major British charity for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. How does it work? You can log in with your Facebook profile, and the app uses the …
Dementia Facebook app to raise awareness of the illnessBBC News
App simulates dementia symptomsWebMD.Boots.com
Facebook App Simulates DementiaABC News
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Silvio Berlusconi to start community service on May 9
Deccan Chronicle
Paolo Pigni, head of the Catholic-run Fondazione Sacra Famiglia near Milan, told a press conference “the former prime minister will arrive on May 9” and work in the part of the centre dedicated to caring for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Berlusconi to do community service with Alzheimer’s patients
The Guardian
Paolo Pigni, head of the Catholic-run Fondazione Sacra Famiglia, near Milan, said the former Italian prime minister would work in the part of the centre dedicated to caring for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The media magnate – who has …
Silvio Berlusconi to work with Alzheimer’s patientsSydney Morning Herald

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Dementia, Alzheimer’s caregiver conference May 17
Newnan Times-Herald
An educational conference for caregivers of those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease will be held May 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Whitesburg Recreation Center, 50 Booster Field Drive in Whitesburg. For more details call 678-400-0198.

Cambridgeshire charity Alzheimer’s Research UK demonstrates impact of …
Cambridge News
A moving website app which shows social media users what it would be like to have dementia has been launched by Alzheimer’s Research UK. FaceDementia is designed to simulate symptoms experienced by people with the condition by using a person’s …
FaceDementia makes you experience Alzheimer’sWest – Welfare Society Territory
Dementia Facebook app to raise awareness of the illnessBBC News
Facebook App Simulates DementiaABC News
WebMD.Boots.com –Huffington Post UK –Bayoubuzz
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Bancroft Presents the Clarence York Lecture Series: Dementia and Alzheimer’s
New Jersey Monthly
Zaven Khachaturian, Ph.D., president of the Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s disease by 2020 Inc., will deliver the featured presentation, a review the history of dementia and Alzheimer’s research in the United States during the last three decades.

Music reconnects people with Alzheimer’s, dementia
WISC Madison
The iPod came from the Wisconsin Music and Memory Program, part of a national effort in which nursing home staff are trained to personalize playlists for people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia. It is not music therapy …

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Alzheimer’s charity uses app to simulate dementia symptoms
Marketing Week
Alzheimer’s charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is launching a social media app that aims to help people understand what having dementia can feel like as it looks to remove the stigma associated with the disease and boost funding.
Cambridgeshire charity Alzheimer’s Research UK demonstrates impact of …Cambridge News
Facebook App Simulates DementiaABC News
Alzheimer’s Research UK launches Facebook app to show symptoms of dementiaCharity Digital News
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Facebook Dementia App Simulates Common Symptoms To Raise Awareness
Huffington Post UK
A UK charity has launched a new app on Facebook to promote awareness of dementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched FaceDementia, an app that is designed to simulate some of the symptoms of dementia by using photos and other aspects of a …
This Facebook App Mimics the Way Dementia Affects the BrainGizmodo UK
Facebook Dementia app shines a spotlight on the devastating illnessThe Drum
Facebook app to simulate dementia launched todayTopNews Arab Emirates
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