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No one should be able to 'buy quality' in care homes, says former First Minister

Former First Minister Henry McLeish said Scotland should move away from large-scale care homes which create an 'artificial" living environment

‘Unacceptable’: Scots turning to private doctors for dementia diagnoses

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Scots 'should be outraged' over 40% care cost disparity, says campaigner

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What Scotland could learn from Switzerland's high taxation social care model

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New test could spark early diagnosis Alzheimer's breakthrough

Music should be 'formal part of dementia policy' amid growing evidence of benefit

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Elderly 'bored' bedridden and restricted by outdated Covid rules at Scots care home

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Areas of Scotland with highest dementia death rates revealed in new data

SNP urged to launch citizens’ jury amid 'indefensible' care home costs

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Special Report 'Why I refuse to sell our childhood home to pay for mum's care'

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Care home owners ‘ripping off’ elderly with £69,000 annual fees

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SNP government branded 'worse than Tories' over failure to cap care home costs

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Scottish Alzheimer's study could offer clues about 'leaky' brain barrier

Dementia will be ‘rare condition’ within 20 years says Scots expert

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'World first’ dementia study offers prevention hopes

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Concern as elderly 'locked up' in Scots care homes as Westminister scraps close contact rule

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Drug for depression could prevent dementia 'encouraging' study finds

SNP accused of breaking pre-election pledge to tackle 'dementia tax'

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'No one should be forced to sell their home to pay for care', providers tell Scottish Government

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Staff and cash crisis push Scotland's care 'to brink of collapse'

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Luxury care home probed after claims woman, 90 was abused

Third of Scottish care homes restricting visits amid Covid deaths surge

'Threat to life' as data shows sharp rise in care home Covid cases

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'Nonsense' to ban care home visiting again says Glasgow owner

'It's a no brainer': Relatives could 'pitch in' to help care homes crippled by staff absences

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Number of care home whistleblower complaints fully investigated branded 'utterly astonishing'

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Exclusive Scotland's care system will lead world if full powers of parliament realised says Henry McLeish

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Scots could be among first to trial first new Alzheimer's drug in 20 years

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The Big Read: How GP screening could transform the treatment of dementia

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Former footballers who develop dementia to be given financial aid in England

Former Scottish rugby international to pursue legal action against sport leaders

Special Report Scots facing 'postcode lottery' waits for dementia diagnosis and support

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Demand to end 'grotesque inequality' of dementia tax

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'Footballers are sacrificing health for our entertainment' says MSP leading dementia call

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Campaign SNP criticised for 'failing to even mention' dementia ‘tax’ in social care plan

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Scotland icon Denis Law reveals 'mixed dementia' diagnosis in emotional statement

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What is mixed dementia and how common is it?

The occupations that may increase dementia risk according to new study

'These are not wealthy people': Call for care home self-funding costs overhaul

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Care home banned from new admissions amid concerns over falls, 'covert medication' and restraint

Football dementia risk five times higher for defenders

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Covid care home deaths in Scotland reach highest level since March

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Social worker warns care home staff risk assault charges over new mask rules

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Warning over spiralling dementia diagnosis delays and support vacuum

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'Hopefully medical advances will help me': Former rugby player battling dementia at 43

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'Entirely predictable': Concern care home firms failing to pass on savings to fee payers

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Labour and Tories vow to go further than SNP in 'dementia tax' with free care guarantee

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Cross-border care home funding row reaches Ombudsman as 97-year-old denied financial support

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Vow to end ‘dementia tax’ after election

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Exclusive CBD hopes for Alzheimer's patients after study found improvement in brain function after two weeks

Concern over rise in care home residents forced to sign 'fee guarantee' contracts

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Exclusive Former GP diagnosed with Alzheimer's 10 years ago on the six-point plan that has delayed progression of illness

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Call for football linked dementia to be recognised as industrial injury

Covid leading to surge in dementia cases in Scotland amid growing evidence virus 'attacks the brain'

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