CST International Conference

CASCAIDr CIC (Centre for Adults’ Social Care – Analysis, Information and Dispute Resolution) has been launched to offer information and analysis relating to The Care Act, NHS CHC and issues about legal rights to care and support in England and Wales.  CASCAIDr CIC offer four free services to anyone in the general public (age 16+)…

UK dementia charities Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK Dementia Research Institute and Alzheimer Scotland have collaborated to create ‘Dementia: a manifesto’.  The coalition’s manifesto calls on the next UK Government to make dementia a key priority, with actions to prevent, diagnose, support, care and research.   You can read the manifesto here: https://www.dementiauk.org/wp-content/uploads/dementia-uk-dementia-coalition-manifesto-2024.pdf 

The Young Dementia Network has published the outcomes from their ‘Share your experiences’ campaign that was launched earlier this year.  The campaign asked participants to answer three questions and Young Dementia Network had over 200 responses.   A summary document has now been published sharing the responses – you can view this here: https://youngdementianetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Share-your-experiences-report-2024.pdf.  Young Dementia Network…

Are you a person diagnosed with memory problems who would like to get involved in a short dementia research study?  Researchers want to develop a digital assessment tool that could help to reduce waiting times in Memory Clinics. They are looking for volunteers with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer’s disease who have access…

An opera that aims to bring to life the subjective experience of dementia and reduce the stigma surrounding the condition is to be staged in English and Welsh in North Wales. The opera, entitled Y Bont/The Bridge, blends the human voice and instrumental music to create a piece giving the audience a sense of what…

Co-created by people affected by dementia, a new film released by the IDEAL research project focuses on the importance of effective communication around dementia.  Titled “The World Turned Upside Down,” it looks at the reality of living with dementia and caring for someone with the condition through a dramatic composition.  People affected by dementia were…