Alzheimer's Society funds cutting-edge research into the cause, care, cure and prevention of dementia, thanks to our incredible supporters. Here are some important highlights of how donations to Alzheimer's Society make a difference to dementia research.

Knowing more about the brain and how it can change can help to understand the symptoms of dementia. It can help a person with dementia to live well, or to support a person with dementia to live well.

Research project: Defining the onset of prion infection and neurodegeneration in individuals at risk of prion disease

Read about a research project we funded on new MRI markers for detecting and defining frontotemporal dementias

We are approached by many researchers to act as partners on their research projects, this can be for patient and public involvement, staff support to advise on research, or to support the delivery, implementation or dissemination of research.

We are approached by many researchers to act as partners on their research projects, this can be for patient and public involvement, staff support to advise on research, or to support the delivery, implementation or dissemination of research.

From the spring 2016 edition of Care and cure magazine, Alzheimer’s Society awarded £2.4 million to new research. Here we feature three of the new research projects.

From the July 2015 issue of our magazine, more people are being diagnosed with dementia while still in employment. Heather Stephen finds out about research that is pinpointing how employers can help people stay in work for longer.

Alzheimer's Society offers Clinical Training Fellowships that are also open to nursing and allied health professionals.

From the August/September 2015 issue of our magazine, Alzheimer's Society members are voting on proposals to help involve our supporters more effectively. Bernard Herdan shares his perspective as a trustee with personal experience of the impact of dementia.