NARI Director’s Lecture Series

2020 Public Lecture Series

How to prevent dementia: the latest evidence

Professor Gill Livingston, Professor of Psychiatry of Older People at University College London

On Tuesday 29th September 2020, Professor Gill Livingston, Professor of Psychiatry of Older People at University College London, a leading international expert in dementia research and lead author of Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission, will present the latest evidence about dementia prevention, treatment and care.

Professor Livingston answered a number of questions about dementia and its prevention in written form after the event.

Professor Livingston's Q&A on dementia prevention

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