NASP launch Green Social Prescribing Innovation Community 

A free resource titled “Be inspired – The role of music in dementia care” has been produced by the charity Music as Therapy International.  It is designed to explore the role music can play in care and includes ideas, questions and inspiration for choosing the right music.  The resource is part of a new online…

The forthcoming national dementia strategy will include a major focus on prevention and research, health secretary Sajid Javid told delegates at the annual conference of the Alzheimer’s Society this week (17 May), announcing a 10-year plan he said would be visionary, properly funded and “more ambitious than anything we’ve done before”. Data suggests as much…

A study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that a new dementia risk score “calculator” could identify people most at risk of developing dementia in the next 14 years.  Based on two long-term studies, the risk score draws on a list of 11 predictive factors: age, education, history of diabetes, history of or current…

The fourth edition of the My Future Care Handbook has been published.  The My Future Care Handbook is an interactive publication that guides users through decisions about their wellbeing, future care, end of life and beyond. From the first edition to this latest one, it has been informed by both professionals and people with lived…

“We can diagnose and start to manage dementia earlier than we do currently,” the Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Health in an Ageing Society has admitted. Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report touches on dementia in several places, including in a chapter on secondary prevention and early diagnosis in older age. “An early diagnosis and access…

Recognition for leading figures in dementia care   Janet Rhian Lewis – Founder and Facilitator, Ty-Golau Dementia Charitable Trust. For services to People with Dementia and their Families.  Heather Yvonne Wenban – Lead Nurse for Dementia, Powys Teaching Health Board. For services to People with Dementia in Powys and Wales.  We send our warmest congratulations to…