The BBC has run a season across TV, iPlayer and Radio entitled: ‘Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation’.
Led by Dr Punam Krishan, ‘Memories and Dementia’ ran from 24-28 March 2025 and drew on the BBC’s content archive through specially curated reminiscence collections aimed at triggering memories and starting conversations.
Discover all of the ‘Memories and Dementia’ content here: https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/memoriesanddementia/
The third of our reports from the UK Dementia Congress. Colin Capper listed three important numbers, the first of which is that 480,000 people living with dementia have not had an annual care assessment of their needs that they felt was helpful. Capper, associate director of evidence and participation for event partner Alzheimer’s Society, added…
Vacancy rates have increased in the adult social care sector from 6.1% in April 2021 to 10.3% in April 2022, according to Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data. During the pandemic vacancy rates dropped with fewer jobs being available in other sectors and some care workers reporting they felt they had to help the…
A partnership of people from the health, science and business sectors in Cambridge is collaborating with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA – the UK government’s new research funding agency) to create new neurotechnologies, including brain implants that could treat dementia. The 3-year partnership between the University of Cambridge and ARIA is intended to…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has published their 2024-2026 strategy, created in collaboration with carers. Frances Lawrence, Chief Executive of DCC, says: “From listening to our staff with caring expertise and personal lived experience of being a dementia carer, to working with our Carers Advisory Panel and thousands of survey respondents, we’ve listened. And what we’ve…
Dreams come true: When resident Nalini Bhagwat (left) asked staff at St Catherine’s View dementia care home in Winchester whether they could turn her New Year wish into reality, that’s exactly what they did. Nalini wanted to revisit some of her old Bollywood-inspired dance moves, so companionship team Laura Sheldrake took to social media and…
Expert training in reminiscence arts in dementia care is being offered in the New Year. Taking place on 9 and 10 January, in Halesworth, Suffolk, the two-day course for “Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today” will be run by Pam Schweitzer, a renowned reminiscence arts practitioner and founder of the European Reminscence Network. There will also be…