A study is looking for contributors who can help researchers understand current recruitment practices of ethnically diverse participants in ageing and dementia-related research, and the barriers and facilitators researchers experience that affect their inclusive recruitment practices.
If you wish to take part, the survey is here: https://redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=PKRC3KYH9WFJXDCF
A webinar on dementia-friendly dining is scheduled for World Alzheimer’s Day on 21 September, courtesy of Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) and apetito. Taking place at 11am the webinar – titled “Best Practice Dining for People with Dementia” – will be led by Jackie Pool, a dementia care champion at QCS, Senga Currie, QCS head of…
Solihull in the Midlands will be festooned with forget-me-nots to promote Dementia Action Week (15-21 May) thanks to staff at the MACC Care Group. Crocheted forget-me-nots will decorate shop windows and volunteers have been invited to knit sections of a large blue scarf for a giant gorilla statue in the town centre. Staff from the…
Adopting at least four healthy lifestyle habits can slow down cognitive decline, a large-scale China study has found. The China Cognition and Ageing Study, in a paper published in the BMJ, considered six healthy lifestyle factors and discovered that those who did one or none of them showed the fastest decline, while those who did…
Aspects of the government’s autumn financial statement, delivered by chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 17 November, have been greeted with dismay by the sector. While the chancellor said funding for the NHS and social care would be increased by up to £8 billion and help to double the number of hospital discharges in 2024, he also…
iSupport for Young People is now available (in both English and Welsh) to support 11-17-year-olds who live in families affected by dementia. Created in collaboration with young dementia carers, it is part of a suite of iSupport resources that includes iSupport for adult carers, rare dementias and South Asian carers. ‘iSupport’ was developed by the…
The Young Dementia Network (YDN) has developed a resource to support implementation of the NICE guideline for young onset dementia. Intended for commissioners and frontline health and care professionals, it provides guidance on how to meet the needs of working age people living with dementia. YDN said that young onset dementia had significant differences from…