Dementia UK has produced free ‘Dementia at Work’ resources to help employers support the needs of employees and customers who are living with or caring for someone with dementia.
Topics covered include: employers’ responsibilities, noticing changes in an employee, employees’ rights and supporting carers in the workplace.
You can find out more and download the resources here: https://www.dementiauk.org/information-and-support/dementia-at-work/
Alzheimer’s Society has published a blog about the 143 drugs now in clinical trials across the globe as possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The blog highlights what it regards as the three “promising” drugs, lecanemab, gantenerumab and donanemab. In September, pharma companies Eisai and Biogen announced trial results showing that lecanemab had slowed down decline…
The Centre for Ageing Better has launched ‘Age Without Limits’, a new campaign shining a light on ageism. The campaign is aiming to challenge the impact of ageism, highlighting that this can affect an older person’s health, job prospects and the way a person lives their life, with a knock-on effect on society and the…
A government policy of discharging older people from hospitals to care homes at the start of the Covid pandemic has been condemned in the High Court. In the scramble for hospital space, the government sought to free up 25,000 beds, a policy that involved discharging untested patients to care homes. Declaring the policy unlawful, the…
A new Alzheimer’s Society survey has highlighted how difficult the Christmas period is for many people living with dementia. Alongside the results of this survey, Nicky and Adrian Moorey have shared their experiences of Adrian’s dementia. Read more here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2023-12-4/heart-breaking-christmas-people-dementia-revealed
A game that can be used to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities for health and social care professionals, carers, people living with dementia, decision makers and the general public has shown positive initial outcomes in a study published by researchers from the University of Liverpool. The Dementia Inequalities Game – created by the University of…
DementiaNet, a new online platform created to support people living with dementia and those who care for them, has been launched. It’s been developed from research and lived experience – two of the three founders of DementiaNet, Brian Schur and Hugh McGouran, have personal experience of dementia – and aims to provide user-friendly, personalised online…