The NHS in Scotland has introduced an innovative service to deliver healthy walks to people living with dementia to enable them to live as long as possible in their local community. Charity Pilgrim Care has employed nurse Cath Carter to deliver person-centred Healthy Walks in St Andrews one of which – Botanic Gardens group – has received Dementia Friendly Walking status after training seven Volunteer Walk Leaders to understand more about dementia and the benefits of walking.
People affected by dementia are joining forces across the globe in a campaign for change called “Let’s Reimagine”, launched by the pressure group Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice. It aims to challenge the “biomedical and institutional approaches” to dementia policy and practice, which the international coalition says lead to fear, stigma and hopelessness….
Anchor, the not-for-profit housing and care provider, has shown its commitment to older workers by signing up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge. Part of the Centre for Ageing Better’s (CAB) campaign to make more workplaces age-friendly, the pledge supports businesses to improve conditions for older workers. Anchor says it will work with CAB to strengthen…
Alzheimer’s Society has been named as one of the UK’s top employers in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 survey. The charity scored highly for employee engagement and workplace happiness based on anonymised employee feedback. Overall engagement score was 86%, 13% above the industry average, 89% expressed confidence in management, while job satisfaction…
Housing LIN in partnership with Ipsos and with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has published a report entitled: ‘Older People’s Housing Preferences’. Based on a representative survey of over 5,500 UK adults aged 50 and over, the research documents the housing preferences of older adults, their likelihood of moving in later life, and…
The 5th International Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Conference will be held in Hong Kong on 28th June 2024. Submissions are invited for oral/poster presentations and workshops – deadline 31 Oct 2023.
A major research study published in the BMJ has shown that people were at higher risk of developing dementia following a Covid-19 infection. Scientists found that almost a third of older adults (32%) who got Covid-19 in 2020 went on to develop at least one new medical condition in the months after infection, compared with…