Training in creative health practice
Interested in workforce development for creative arts, health and wellbeing practice?
Interested in workforce development for creative arts, health and wellbeing practice?
Person Centred Software’s Oomph! On-Demand Wellbeing & Activities Platform has created a free Dementia Friendly Activity Pack. The pack is aimed at Care Homes and can be downloaded here: https://personcentredsoftware.com/resources/dementia-friendly-activity-pack
Care England has launched resources in partnership with Dementia Forward and Wellburn Care Homes to raise awareness and advocate for action to support individuals living with young onset dementia (YOD) across England. The resources are in response to the current care pathway often failing to meet the needs of younger people with dementia, and Professor…
Join Dementia Research (JDR) has celebrated its 10th anniversary. JDR is a nationwide online and telephone service that makes it easier for people to register their interest in volunteering for dementia research studies. Anyone, with or without dementia, can register as a volunteer. Find out more about Join Dementia Research here: https://www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk. To mark their…
Winning ways: Artist Willy Gilder’s Self Portrait with Alzheimer’s has won a prize in an art competition run by the Edinburgh Practice together with Alzheimer Scotland. Willy says: “It was painted shortly after diagnosis and represents an amount of confusion”. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2021, he lives in Edinburgh and devotes his time to painting,…
The UK Government has launched ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’. The Plan has been created following the Change NHS initiative (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/change-nhs-online-platform-launched) that was launched in autumn 2024 to gather views and opinions on the NHS. The Plan includes mentions of dementia in relation to: You…
Researchers at the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre at the University of Bournemouth are looking for participants to complete their survey into housing professionals’ knowledge of dementia. The survey has been designed to: Participants should be involved with/working in the housing sector either in dementia services or with the general population. You can find out…