All About Alzheimer's Newsletter- Monday 2nd June 2025

Table of Contents:

1. Quote of the Day

2. Interesting Stories This Week

3. Caregiver Support Program WAITLIST

4. Can AI help people living with Alzheimer’s?

5. Responding to YOU!

6. Personalised Support for Dementia Caregivers WAITLIST

Interesting Stories This Week:

Reflections from a carer

Dementia expert breaks down the critical role of Betsy as Gene Hackman’s sole carer

Scientists use live human brain tissue to speed up hunt for dementia cure

Harnessing technology to help people with dementia remain at home

New drug gives hope and time to Alzheimer's patients

Caregiver Training & Support Group

Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s can be isolating, exhausting, and emotionally heavy, but it doesn’t have to be faced alone.

We’re proud to be launching a Caregiver Training & Support Group, offering you ongoing, expert-led support built specifically for the challenges of dementia care.

What’s included:

• Expert-Led Training: Based on a programme used in 35 countries, designed to help carers improve communication, manage challenging behaviours, and build stronger emotional bonds.

• Supportive Community: Become part of a private group of caregivers who get it, a place for encouragement, sharing, and inspiration.

• Monthly Activities & Resources: New exercises and practical tools each month to help you stay motivated, connected, and resilient.

This programme will equip you with strategies not only to care better for your loved one, but also to take better care of yourself.

And if you’ve already signed up… thank you! You’re in.

Can AI help people living with Alzheimer’s?

Prefer to listen? This week’s article is also available as a podcast episode.

Catch All About Alzheimer’s wherever you get your podcasts. Great for a walk, a quiet moment, or when reading feels too much.

In a recent interview, Dr Timothy Rittman, Senior Research Fellow at Alzheimer’s Research UK, discussed how science, using AI, might be able to predict the course of dementia after diagnosis.

After a diagnosis, a prognosis relates to how dementia will affect the rest of your life.

What symptoms will you experience, and how quickly will your dementia progress?

Real questions like ‘When will I need carers?’ and ‘When will I not be able to do things myself?’ are asked.

From the research, some people’s dementia can progress a lot faster than others.

It depends on many factors like genetics, environment and lifestyle.

The studies take a long time [they have been running in some cases over 50 years] so we’re going to need more and faster ways of understanding dementia and its progression.

This is where AI might help.

This year, a massive breast cancer screening trial was launched in the UK to see if AI could be trained to study mammograms and spot patterns in images to accurately detect signs of the disease.

The same could be done for dementia.

Apart from helping people with diagnosis, it could also help predict how it would progress.

Professor Zoe Kourtzi has been undergoing early AI testing with encouraging results.

It hasn’t just picked up whether people might be developing Alzheimer’s, but also how fast the brain might be changing.

It could become a tool that gives both a diagnosis and a prognosis.

It’s early days with AI models still in development but it opens up exciting new avenues for research and ways of helping people.

A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved

Every week, we hear powerful, honest, and deeply moving insights from caregivers like you- and we don’t want them to sit unseen.

In our new “This Week’s Caregiver Story” section, we’ll be sharing a real, anonymous quote from someone in our community, followed by a compassionate response from Harvey, our lead dementia care expert.

Whether it’s frustration, fear, grief or resilience, your words are never wasted.

This Week’s Caregiver Story

Harvey says:

This is one of the most common (and emotionally exhausting) challenges in dementia care. When the person you love can no longer follow through on decisions, it often feels like you’re walking a tightrope between helping and “taking over.”

What’s key to remember here is this: it’s not you. It’s the condition. The shifting memories, confusion, and fear that come with dementia can make even the simplest agreements feel like battlegrounds.

You’re doing your best to preserve their dignity while holding things together... that’s no small feat. One strategy that can help is to write decisions down as a visual reminder, or revisit them together gently, even if it means repeating the same conversation.

If emotions rise, it’s also OK to pause and return later. Sometimes, timing and tone can make all the difference. And don’t forget your own wellbeing... You need moments of peace to refill your cup.

You’re not failing. You’re adapting, moment by moment, in a situation that keeps changing. And we see you.

Want to share your story?

If something’s been on your heart lately, let us know. We read every word. Your voice could offer comfort to someone else navigating the same journey.

Join the Waitlist for Inner Circle: Personalised Support for Dementia Caregivers

Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. We’re launching Inner Circle, an expert-led support programme designed to give caregivers like you rapid access to guidance, reassurance, and a supportive small-group environment.

Choose from 3 membership tiers to suit your needs, whether you want monthly peace of mind or weekly advice to manage symptoms in real time. From handling difficult behaviours to preventing burnout, you’ll gain expert insights, confidence, and a caring community.

📝 Spots are limited- join the waitlist now to be the first to hear when we open the doors.