LBS President Professor Ian McKeith awarded prestigious European prize
Professor Ian McKeith, President of the Lewy Body Society and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Newcastle University’s Institute for Ageing, has been awarded the prestigious European Grand Prix in recognition of his leadership in research into Lewy body dementia. The €100,000 prize was awarded by the Foundation for Research on Alzheimer’s disease, based at the Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, […]
New address and phone number from Monday 23rd July
New address and phone number for the Lewy Body Society From Monday 23rd July 2018 the Lewy Body Society will have a new postal address and telephone number. Our new contact details are: The Lewy Body Society Unity House Westwood Park Wigan WN3 4HE Telephone number: 01942 914000 Email address: info@lewybody.org If you are a […]
Sandra McDonald joins Board of Trustees
Sandra McDonald, the former Public Guardian and Accountant of Court for Scotland, has been appointed as a Trustee of the Lewy Body Society. Sandra brings valuable skills and experience to the Board of Trustees, having headed up the 80-strong Office of the Public Guardian from 2004-2018. The Public Guardian supports and supervises those appointed to […]
In Memoriam Peter Ashley
The LBS Chair Ashley Bayston remembers her friend Peter Ashley (the photo shows Peter with June Brown, LBS Patron) It was with great sadness and an enormous sense of loss that the Lewy Body Society learned of the death of Peter Ashley on 10 November 2015. Peter was a leading dementia advocate, known throughout the […]
The Lewy Body Society
The Lewy Body Society is a wholly independent UK charity. It is not a satellite of any other organisation. It is one of the 2 Anglophone Lewy body charities in the world, the other one being the Lewy Body Dementia Association in the USA. We shared a stand with the LBDA at the AAIC in […]
The Lewy Body Society
The Lewy Body Society was established with the dual mission of supporting research into dementia with Lewy bodies and to raise awareness . For that reason the Society is information, rather than carer support driven. We have a helpline which is answered by nurses trained in dementia and will do our best to provide expert […]
Peter Ashley first diagnosed in 2000
In this video, Peter Ashley talks frankly about living with the disease and the impact it has had on both himself and his wife. He is a former trustee of the Lewy Body Society and leads a busy life although he was first diagnosed with the disease in July 2000.
LBS President Honoured
On 19 July the LBS’ President and co-founder, Professor Ian McKeith, will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ( US )Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington DC. Professor McKeith has long been at the forefront of Lewy body dementia research and has an international reputation as a leading expert in the field. […]
2 April – Scottish Caring and Dementia Congress
The Lewy Body Society had an exhibition stand at the Scottish Caring and Dementia Congress at Murrayfield, Edinburgh on 2 April, to build up contacts in Scotland. Thank you to everyone who came to say hello and sign up for information from us, including our new literature on Lewy body dementias that will be available […]
CEO attends Downing Street dementia workshop
Our CEO Jacquie Cannon partcicpated at a recent 10 Downing Street workshop on dementia. Here his her report: Tuesday 24th September 2013 – I attended a workshop at No.10 to prepare for the G8 Summit on Dementia Research on the 11th December 2013. It was an honor to represent the Lewy Body Society and great […]