Dementia UK has published a new leaflet entitled ‘Living alone with dementia’. It includes information about using technology, maintaining routines, keeping socially active, driving, safety, finances and much more, with a dedicated section on young onset dementia.
You can read more and download the leaflet here: https://www.dementiauk.org/information-and-support/living-with-dementia/living-alone-with-dementia/
New guidance has been published to help care homes support people with learning disabilities who have a diagnosis of dementia. The guidance, titled “My new home: Supporting people with an intellectual/learning disability and advanced dementia moving into a care home,” has been developed in a partnership between Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, University of Stirling…
The NHS in Scotland has introduced an innovative service to deliver healthy walks to people living with dementia to enable them to live as long as possible in their local community. Charity Pilgrim Care has employed nurse Cath Carter to deliver person-centred Healthy Walks in St Andrews one of which – Botanic Gardens group –…
Challenge Works, the organisation responsible for delivering the Longitude Prize on Dementia initiative, has partnered with the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to assess the merits of the five Longitude Prize on Dementia finalists. CPEC will work with Challenge Works to assess the technologies…
Winchester care home St Catherine’s View celebrated its 10th anniversary with a “Hatter’s tea party” and a wardrobe of fancy dress costumes. Among guests at the Alice in Wonderland-themed party was “Alice” herself, clinical lead Hayley Geddes, who is pictured with resident Christina Millest. “Our Hatter’s tea party was a lovely opportunity to celebrate and we…
Dementia Diaries, a project run by Innovations in Dementia, has made a renewed call for people living with dementia to become Dementia Diarists. Wayne has made this film to promote Dementia Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTsfd1bDpek You can find out more about Dementia Diaries here: https://dementiadiaries.org
Expert training in reminiscence arts in dementia care is to be held at the University of Greenwich over two days later this month. Scheduled for 19 and 20 January, the experiential course will be led by experienced practitioners and trainers with input from volunteers and former carers. It will be certificated by the European Reminiscence…