Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia Carers Count have provided tips and advice to help carers and families navigate the festive period.
Read ‘How to support a person with dementia at Christmas’ from Alzheimer’s Society: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-support-dementia-christmas
Read ‘Common Christmas worries and ways to cope’ from Dementia Carers Count: https://dementiacarers.org.uk/news/coping-at-christmas/
Following the launch in England of the new Reading Well for Dementia list https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/reading-well-for-dementia, a launch event has now taken place in Senedd, Wales, the home of the Welsh parliament. In Wales, the Reading Well for dementia collection includes an extra title that is only available in the Welsh language ‘Datod: Straeon am Ddementia’ Find…
Springer Nature Link has published a paper entitled, ‘Prevalence of living alone with dementia and other progressive neurological conditions: findings from primary care data in England’. This research found that in 2023 there were 205,507 people with dementia in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) database, with 40% living alone. Differences were noted relating to…
The Alzheimer’s Society has opened a funding call for research proposals that tackle healthcare inequalities for people living with dementia and their carers. This has been fuelled by a report from The Office of Health Economics that highlights 110 healthcare inequalities faced by people living with dementia and 28 that affect carers. You can read…
The Lewy Body Society has shone a light on Capgras syndrome, a condition in which someone believes that their loved ones, or others they know, have been replaced with a double or imposter. To illustrate how Capgras syndrome affects families, The Lewy Body Society has shared the story of Rob and his partner Jayne. Jayne…
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have launched a new website. SCIE’s work centres around co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in social care and social work. You can visit the new website here: https://www.scie.org.uk/. An abridged SCIE dementia resource can be found here:…
The Living Alone with Dementia project has shared seven films for Dementia Action Week 2024 to highlight the importance of recognising people who live alone with dementia. Two gentlemen living with dementia – Wayne and Michael – share their views, alongside Tim who is a Commissioner, Zoe who is a Locality Manager for Skills for…