News: September 2019
Preventable trauma in childhood costs North America and Europe $1.3 trillion a year
Across Europe and North America the long-term impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on health and productivity is equivalent to 1.3 trillion dollars a year, according to a new paper published in the Lancet Public Health . The cost is equivalent to a massive three per cent of the two regions’ combined Gross Domestic Product - or 1,000 dollars a year for every person in North America and Europe.
Publication date: 4 September 2019
Friendly Face for people newly diagnosed with dementia
“Friendly Face” is an opportunity for people newly diagnosed with dementia to talk on the phone or meet someone else living with a diagnosis in North Wales. The new initiative is to be launched at Bangor University as part of World Alzheimer's Month in September (23/09/2019).
Publication date: 3 September 2019