Consultation opened on content of the End-of-Life Care and Frailty frameworks

The National Care Forum (NCF) are encouraging people working in adult social care to complete their NCF Digital Survey 2025.  NCF say:  “As the government prioritises digitisation in health and social care, your insights on current technologies and future needs are vital. This 20-minute survey will help shape a digitally empowered future for Adult Social…

The Welsh Government is looking for people diagnosed with dementia, and/or carers of people with dementia, to participate in research to understand more about their experiences and opinions about dementia support in Wales.  Interviews and focus groups are ongoing until the end of July. You can find out more and register your interest in taking…

A genetic risk score for Alzheimer’s disease has been developed by an international team of scientists following a study that has cast considerable light on the genetics underlying the condition. Researchers linked 75 regions of the human genome to Alzheimer’s, 42 of which had never been associated with the disease previously. Results published in the…

Following a survey the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) launched in July 2024 (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/hearing-and-dementia-research), the top ten research priorities for co-existing dementia and hearing conditions has been agreed upon and published in the Age and Ageing Journal.  Dr Sian Calvert, Research Fellow, NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, says: …

A documentary about an ageing academic living with dementia is showing on True Story.  The film is the work of Harald Hutter, and depicts his parent’s experiences over a two day period in their home, which in needing renovation is used as a metaphor for the damage in his father, Horst’s, brain.  You can find…

People living with dementia and carers who are drawing on social care support or thinking about it, and who would be interested in informing the work of Skills for Care as they lead the development of a workforce strategy for adult social care in England, are being sought to form expert groups.  The strategy that…