Remembrance Sunday

Bespoke exercise programmes for care home residents have been launched by Royal Star & Garter using the physiotherapy app Physiotec.  After each resident has been individually assessed, the home’s physiotherapist then uses the app to create a tailored set of exercises for each one.  Gursh Lotay, physio at Royal Star & Garter’s home in Solihull,…

Almost two-thirds of people living with dementia do not have a personalised care plan showing how they want to receive care as their condition progresses. That is the finding of the World Alzheimer’s Report 2022, launched by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) on World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September), which focuses on post-diagnostic support globally and shows…

The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at Stirling University is encouraging care providers to make use of its Environment for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) by inviting them to self-certify free of charge during July.  The DSDC said self-certification would reassure people with dementia using providers’ services that their needs were being actively…

The Journal of Dementia Care is delighted that one of our Advisory Board members, Dr Amanda Thompsell, has been appointed by Target Healthcare REIT as an independent non-executive director. Dr Thompsell has practised as a GP, before switching to working in old age hospital medicine, and then retraining in old age psychiatry. She has significant…

The Francis Crick Institute and UCL has launched RAPID, a project looking at how air pollution can impact the brain and lead to dementia.  Funded by Race Against Dementia in partnership with the Rosetrees Trust, Team RAPID will look at how PM2.5, a type of air pollution that is about 30 times finer than a…

NHS Digital has launched a social care cyber security resource aimed at building awareness among staff in care homes and supported living accommodation.  Called Keep I.T. Confidential, the toolkit includes free campaign materials to improve staff knowledge of cyber security concerns such as phishing, data sharing, unlocked screens and weak passwords.   Among the materials are…