Dementia

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the 2026 Labour Party conference

Andy Burnham unveils £48m partnership in bid to ‘defeat’ dementia

Shrewsbury Dial-a-Ride and Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin have partnered to support local people living with dementia, including Nick Gibb (centre)

Shrewsbury ‘rock band’ friends benefit from dementia transport link

Rhayader-based singer Charlotte Church meets volunteers and staff at the Arches previously

Vital Rhayader hub hit by increased costs and limited grant funding

Actress Stephanie Cole after she collected her OBE from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2005

Coronation Street and Waiting For God star Stephanie Cole dies aged 84

Members of the Powys Dementia Home Treatment Team in the south of the county, which is funded through the Welsh Government's Regional Integration Fund (RIF).

Powys dementia service expansion helps more people

Julie Alanthwaite, Carer Support Practitioner for Shropshire Council, introduces September's guest speaker Lauren Tomley, North Shropshire's Admiral nurse, to speak about her service and answer questions

Carers' group offers support for those caring for loved ones

The service, which supports people living with dementia and their carers, currently receives around 230 new referrals a year, up from 160 in 2022/23.

MP calls summit in Newport on dealing with dementia

Victorious Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Mike Bailey holds the League Cup aloft

Wolves legend Mike Bailey dies, aged 84

Wheatlands Care Home, Much Wenlock

New Much Wenlock café brings people affected by dementia together

The Oxford Arms will be holding a series of events during August

Events coming up at The Oxford Arms in Kington in August

Tom Wenlock

Family fun day planned at Oakengates care home

The hands of an elderly woman clasped in her lap

‘Landmark’ study to offer blood test for Alzheimer’s through GPs

New minibus service

Newport Cottage Care launches accessible minibus thanks to community

Pic of West Brom Albion fan Dave Bassett, for a sport story on his new book : 92 Grounds for Divorce. Dave lives in Bridgnorth.

Draw at Luton then dinner with Kylie - one fan's trip down memory lane

The Oxford will hold the opening of the Rotherwas Together exhibition in The Oxford’s barn on Tuesday, June 2

Events coming up at The Oxford Arms in July

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin - Dementia Support Groups

Dementia support groups offer companionship and care across Shropshire
Shropshire dementia support groups offer vital help to families
Claire Smith

At the Bella Italia MD restaurant in Market Drayton accompanied on the keyboard by Simon Crowther

Music for Life celebrates 10 years of bringing joy through song

Jordan and Cian Adams charity marathons

Dementia brothers praise ‘phenomenal’ Irish support completing 33 marathon feat

Russell Brown, Shaw Healthcare’s Chief Executive Officer and Nina Davies, Powys County Council’s (PCC) Director of Social Services and Wellbeing signing the new 15-year contract. With them are back row, from left to right: Geraint Evans, Shaw’s Operations Director; Rachel Evans, PCC’s Senior Strategic Commissioning Manager; Sharon Frewin, PCC’s Head of Adult Services; and Peter Lathbury, Strategic Commissioning Manager – Age Well.

New 15 year contract for Shaw Healthcare in Powys

Two female friends talking and laughing with the focus set on one go the women.

Supporting people with dementia and those who care for them

The Oxford will hold the opening of the Rotherwas Together exhibition in The Oxford’s barn on Tuesday, June 2

Kington venue to hold war-time exhibition

Sheila Hartman

'My mum was killed in her care home bedroom - now I'm a campaigner'

The Oxford Arms has a busy month ahead with two festivals and a talk on the trees of the Marches

Kington venue to play a role in two festivals in May

Petition launched to try and save adult day-care centre in Ludlow

What is the optimal tea and coffee consumption to reduce the risk of dementia?

Lost for words? Shrewsbury care home to host dementia advice event

Oxbow Manor is inviting the community to its free dementia advice event.

Lost for words? Shrewsbury care home to host dementia advice event
A care home in Shrewsbury is inviting the local community to its free dementia advice event.
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Make 'Time for a Cuppa' to help families facing dementia

Course will show dementia is not a 'death sentence'

Exercise could lead to brain changes that help stave off dementia, study finds

Saturday’s briefing: Potter suffers losing start as Moyes returns to Everton

Making Christmas brighter: Home care service's guide to a dementia-friendly holi...

Pauline Quirke reveals dementia diagnosis, steps back from public life

Dementia remains UK’s leading cause of death, analysis finds

Course will show how to live a good life with dementia

New laser-based test ‘could detect different types of dementia in seconds’

Plus Ally Robertson: New West Brom signings pop in for a chat at The Hawthorns

New study ‘demonstrates potential of Viagra to prevent dementia’

Coronation Street star Julie Goodyear is ‘slowly fading away’, says husband

West Brom set to unite on Foundation Day as Carlos Corberan hails impact

Telford Nursing Home manager is finalist at Dementia Care Awards

Tony Christie ‘happy’ that sharing dementia diagnosis has meant less fear

Angela Rippon praises Bruce Willis’s family for sharing his dementia diagnosis

Ignore it and carry on: Tony Christie on dealing with dementia diagnosis

Telford company gearing up to help fight dementia

Tony Christie ‘looking forward to working’ following dementia diagnosis

Shropshire care bosses get virtual insight into life with dementia

I’ve been so close to suicide, says rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson

Star comment: New PM must prioritise our creaking social care system

Tractor run raised vital funds for charity

MP urges people to get checked for dementia

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