Course: The Many Faces of Dementia

Watch Stuart, Carol and Dr Cath Mummery talk about life with Alzheimer’s disease. Stuart describes how Carol has lost confidence and needs help with many everyday tasks, and his life …

This article gives an overview of the genes responsible for familial Alzheimer’s disease, and describes some of the more common genetic risk factors that influence the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s …

Watch Carol describe the journey from her father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis to the discovery of a gene linked with fAD. We also hear from two of the scientists and doctors at …

Watch Carol’s husband, Stuart, as he describes life with Carol and starts to explain how her fAD diagnosis has affected them. Did you know that Alzheimer’s disease could be inherited? …

Professor Martin Rossor gives a brief introduction to familial Alzheimer’s disease and how it is inherited in families. Familial Alzheimer’s disease is very rare, it is thought to account for …