Claire
@c-eairey1.bsky.social
Research Nurse (Lewy Body Dementia)
Dementia Specialist Nurse
Dementia Specialist Nurse
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Delighted Newcastle Uni has been recognised for outstanding research in #DLB. Fantastic achievement and superb teamwork spanning 3 decades! Paving the way for better diagnostics, underlying mechanisms and ultimately treatments and a cure! 🧠 🔬
We're incredibly proud to have been awarded a #QEdPrize, the highest national honour for a university.
The award is in recognition of our more than 30 years of research in to Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).
Find out more https://bit.ly/3KgEg2X
#WeAreNCL
The award is in recognition of our more than 30 years of research in to Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).
Find out more https://bit.ly/3KgEg2X
#WeAreNCL
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Delighted Newcastle Uni has been recognised for outstanding research in #DLB. Fantastic achievement and superb teamwork spanning 3 decades! Paving the way for better diagnostics, underlying mechanisms and ultimately treatments and a cure! 🧠 🔬
Super proud of Anna - Graduated - Law (LLB) 👩🎓🎓🥂
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Super proud of Anna - Graduated - Law (LLB) 👩🎓🎓🥂
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What does it mean to grow up caring for a parent with dementia? Hear from young carer Euan and his dad Gareth on our latest podcast. 🎧
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pod.fo/e/344251
Dementia Researcher: Supporting Young Carers in Dementia
In this episode of the Dementia Researcher Podcast, host Dr Anna Volkmer, Associate Professor at UCL and Speech and Language Therapist explores the experiences of young carers in families affected ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What does it mean to grow up caring for a parent with dementia? Hear from young carer Euan and his dad Gareth on our latest podcast. 🎧
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pod.fo/e/344251
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State-funded faith schools can turn children away because their families are the ‘wrong’ religion – or have no religion at all. That’s not right. Your donation will help end this discrimination and build an education system that’s fair for every child. 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
State-funded faith schools can turn children away because their families are the ‘wrong’ religion – or have no religion at all. That’s not right. Your donation will help end this discrimination and build an education system that’s fair for every child. 🧵
Dinner served by Robots in Tokyo - exciting and weird at the same time 😳
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dinner served by Robots in Tokyo - exciting and weird at the same time 😳
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A new project estimating the prevalence of dementia diagnosis by ethnic group is keen to consult Integrated Care Board (ICB) stakeholders to inform their work.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A new project estimating the prevalence of dementia diagnosis by ethnic group is keen to consult Integrated Care Board (ICB) stakeholders to inform their work.
Read More: buff.ly/GmKNZfr
@denpruexeter.bsky.social
Read More: buff.ly/GmKNZfr
@denpruexeter.bsky.social
My favourite 💕
A last glimpse of summer by @lakedistrict_photography_ on Instagram for this week's #WowWednesday 😍 Holding onto this view as we step into the new season. 🍂
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My favourite 💕
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Can you smell good? 👃 Early Signs of Lewy Body Disorder in Smelling Dysfunction
Researchers found that 41% of people with smelling problems without a clear cause (idiopathic olfactory dysfunction; OD) showed pathological α-synuclein deposition in the brain, compared to just 2% in controls.
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Researchers found that 41% of people with smelling problems without a clear cause (idiopathic olfactory dysfunction; OD) showed pathological α-synuclein deposition in the brain, compared to just 2% in controls.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Can you smell good? 👃 Early Signs of Lewy Body Disorder in Smelling Dysfunction
Researchers found that 41% of people with smelling problems without a clear cause (idiopathic olfactory dysfunction; OD) showed pathological α-synuclein deposition in the brain, compared to just 2% in controls.
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Researchers found that 41% of people with smelling problems without a clear cause (idiopathic olfactory dysfunction; OD) showed pathological α-synuclein deposition in the brain, compared to just 2% in controls.
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A @ucl.ac.uk-led trial is investigating a simple blood test that could transform how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed.
The ADAPT study aims to demonstrate that measuring protein (p-tau217) levels can deliver earlier, fairer access to diagnosis & future NHS treatments.
The ADAPT study aims to demonstrate that measuring protein (p-tau217) levels can deliver earlier, fairer access to diagnosis & future NHS treatments.
UK trial launches to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis with simple blood test
A major trial supported by the BRC aims to transform the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease through a simple blood test.The UCL-led trial is now welcoming its first participants who will be recruited vi...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A @ucl.ac.uk-led trial is investigating a simple blood test that could transform how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed.
The ADAPT study aims to demonstrate that measuring protein (p-tau217) levels can deliver earlier, fairer access to diagnosis & future NHS treatments.
The ADAPT study aims to demonstrate that measuring protein (p-tau217) levels can deliver earlier, fairer access to diagnosis & future NHS treatments.
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What role does APOE play in genetically determined Alzheimer’s disease? Dr Clíona Farrell shares insights from the ADAD-DSAD meeting.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-genetic...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-genetic...
Dr Clíona Farrell - Blog – Genetically determined Alzheimer’s: ADAD-DSAD Recap
Dr Clíona Farrell shares insights from the ADAD-DSAD meeting on genetically determined Alzheimer’s, spanning research, trials, and lived experience.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What role does APOE play in genetically determined Alzheimer’s disease? Dr Clíona Farrell shares insights from the ADAD-DSAD meeting.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-genetic...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-genetic...
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Dr Peter Connelly shares how clinical research can be integrated into everyday care and why it matters for patients and clinicians alike. Read or listen to the full blog.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-balanci...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-balanci...
Dr Peter Connelly - Blog – Balancing Clinical Research with a Clinical Career
Dr Peter Connelly on balancing clinical research with a clinical career, showing how small steps can make research part of everyday practice.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dr Peter Connelly shares how clinical research can be integrated into everyday care and why it matters for patients and clinicians alike. Read or listen to the full blog.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-balanci...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-balanci...
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Early morning walk- 6 miles done - beautiful County Durham &Teesdale 🐶💕
August 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Early morning walk- 6 miles done - beautiful County Durham &Teesdale 🐶💕
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We are absolutely delighted to announce that Rob Rinder has agreed to become our patron!
#lewybodydementia #DementiaAwareness #RobRinder
www.lewybody.org/rob-rinder-lewy-body-society-new-patron/
#lewybodydementia #DementiaAwareness #RobRinder
www.lewybody.org/rob-rinder-lewy-body-society-new-patron/
Rob Rinder is Lewy Body Society's new patron - Lewy Body
Rob Rinder, renowned barrister, broadcaster and author, announced as patron of the Lewy Body Society. His father is living with the disease.
www.lewybody.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Rob Rinder has agreed to become our patron!
#lewybodydementia #DementiaAwareness #RobRinder
www.lewybody.org/rob-rinder-lewy-body-society-new-patron/
#lewybodydementia #DementiaAwareness #RobRinder
www.lewybody.org/rob-rinder-lewy-body-society-new-patron/
Frosty morning walk today 🥶
February 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Frosty morning walk today 🥶
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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram & numerous former professional footballers have joined calls for an amendment to the Football Governance Bill to make it a duty to develop a #dementia strategy.
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January 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram & numerous former professional footballers have joined calls for an amendment to the Football Governance Bill to make it a duty to develop a #dementia strategy.
Read More: https://buff.ly/3PUiGRf
Read More: https://buff.ly/3PUiGRf
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'Don’t be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.' You can learn more about the humanist values and legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, who had been our member, on the Humanist Heritage website: heritage.humanists.uk/nicholas-win...
Humanist Heritage: Nicholas Winton (1909–2015)
What is needed is something in which [we] can all believe irrespective of religion, which in most cases, dare I […]
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January 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
'Don’t be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.' You can learn more about the humanist values and legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, who had been our member, on the Humanist Heritage website: heritage.humanists.uk/nicholas-win...
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Prof Evelien Lemstra of VUMC opens the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference.
#ILDMC2025 #lewybodydementia
#ILDMC2025 #lewybodydementia
January 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Prof Evelien Lemstra of VUMC opens the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference.
#ILDMC2025 #lewybodydementia
#ILDMC2025 #lewybodydementia
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Extremely proud our founder Ashley Bayston has co-written Hear Me Roar.
Anna Friel plays Ashley as she makes legal history in her previous life as a barrister, taking on the British Government when love and the law clash.
We cannot wait to see it up on the big screen!
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Anna Friel plays Ashley as she makes legal history in her previous life as a barrister, taking on the British Government when love and the law clash.
We cannot wait to see it up on the big screen!
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston to Star in Drama ‘Hear Me Roar’ About 2000 U.K. Trans Marriage Case
Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston, Julian Ovenden and Rebecca Root have joined trans marriage case drama 'Hear Me Roar.'
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January 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Extremely proud our founder Ashley Bayston has co-written Hear Me Roar.
Anna Friel plays Ashley as she makes legal history in her previous life as a barrister, taking on the British Government when love and the law clash.
We cannot wait to see it up on the big screen!
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Anna Friel plays Ashley as she makes legal history in her previous life as a barrister, taking on the British Government when love and the law clash.
We cannot wait to see it up on the big screen!
variety.com/2025/film/gl...