The Alzheimer’s Society described dementia as the “UK’s biggest killer”, with one in three people expected to develop the condition in their lifetime.<\/p>\n
It said more research was “vital”, with the new nurses seeking to recruit people “from as many different communities and backgrounds as we can” into clinical trials.<\/p>\n
They will work within hospitals, GP practices and community services to support patients, the charity added.<\/p>\n
“My main aim is to promote dementia research to both staff and the public and make it easier for people to get involved,” Howe said. <\/p>\n
“I aim to build strong connections between healthcare teams, researchers, and people affected by dementia, ensuring that research is guided by lived experiences and leads to better support and care.”<\/p>\n
According to the NHS trust, 95% of those participating in dementia trials over the last five years are white British\/European, with a need to boost participation from all backgrounds. <\/p>\n
At Sheffield And District African Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA), a community centre on Wicker, volunteer Webster Modest said it was important for all to feel “comfortable” to take part in clinical research.<\/p>\n
“When you go to the hospital you see nurses from all nations,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If you’re going to do something about dementia in the community you need people from all different backgrounds involved.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alzheimer’s Society described dementia as the “UK’s biggest killer”, with one in three people expected to develop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-318071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}