At Dementia Community we join with people across the UK in the Day of Reflection.
2024 marks the fourth annual Marie Curie Day of Reflection, an event to remember everyone who died during the pandemic. We especially hold in our thoughts everyone living with dementia, their families and our health and care colleagues who will be reflecting on lives lost today.
Find out more about the Day of Reflection here: https://dayofreflection.org.uk
On Wednesday May 25th NAPA will celebrate their 25th Anniversary by leading a National Wellbeing Walk through Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire. The NAPA Team will be joined by residents from one of their local member Care Home Groups, The Fremantle Trust. All 3,500 NAPA Member care services and partner organisations are invited to walk in solidarity and raise…
Bristol-based care charity Brunelcare has launched a recruitment campaign to attract new starters to begin a career there. More than 40 of Brunelcare’s existing employees feature in the “Part of Something More” campaign, which will run for 12 weeks with adverts on buses, billboards, rail stations and radio. Sandra Payne, director of nursing and care…
People living with dementia and carers who are drawing on social care support or thinking about it, and who would be interested in informing the work of Skills for Care as they lead the development of a workforce strategy for adult social care in England, are being sought to form expert groups. The strategy that…
Local authority social care services are “in the midst of a national crisis,” social services directors said in mid-January, resulting in “drastic measures” to curtail services for people in need. In a survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) 49 out of the 94 councils responding said that they were taking…
Music charity Purple Angel as now notched up more than 3,250 personalised musical compilations, chosen by people with dementia themselves and sent out to them in care homes, hospitals and in their own homes. Purple Angel founder Norrms McNamara said free MP3 players could be ordered through norrms@gmail.com and would include a customised selection of…
Charity Music for Dementia has published advice for family and professional carers at home on its website. It emphasises that carers of both kinds do not have to be trained musicians in order to make music part of the care they provide. The advice page prompts carers of a person with dementia to think about…