The online care home organisation, carehome.co.uk, has announced its 2026 Top 20 Care Home awards: carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Awards 2026 …
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Sanctuary Care has published ‘A Lifetime of Flavours: Celebrating Food, Family and the Lives Behind Beloved Recipes’. The cookbook features 42 recipes from residents aged 70 to 105 and is described as celebrating, ‘The joy of cooking, memory, and continuity in later life’. The cookbook is free to download or can be ordered in limited print for a donation, with…...
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The Scottish government has passed ‘Anne’s Law’ to give care home residents legal rights to visits from a designated loved one. The law is named after Anne Duke, a woman with dementia who died in November 2021 after being separated from her family during the Covid-19 pandemic and follows a campaign by Anne’s daughter. Anne’s…...
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Alzheimer Europe has published the ‘Dementia in Europe Yearbook 2025’. The Yearbook provides an overview of programmes and resources relating to transport and access to cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport across Europe. It details how European countries address transport and cultural participation through national policies, schemes and local initiatives, as well as outlining the…
Following the launch of ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ in early 2025 (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/care-uk-share-dementia-advice-as-part-of-their-big-conversation), Care UK has relaunched this awareness-raising campaign and released a new guide entitled, ‘Staying connected: A guide to dementia-friendly conversations’. The guide features advice on communication when a loved one has dementia. Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia and…
The Outstanding Society has published ‘The OSDF Language Guide’, the first output of their Outstanding Diversity Forum (OSDF). The OSDF Language Guide aims to help the adult social care sector better meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ workforce and LGBTQ+ people who draw on support. Sanjay Dhrona, The Outstanding Society Director, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion,…
Dementia Disco are providing free discos in the North West of England. Currently operating in Cheadle Hulme, Heaton Mersey, Merton, Poynton and Seahouses, the free discos are held at weekends and are for people living with dementia, carers, family and friends. The discos aim to use music to inspire memories, conversations and friendships between people…