ADI 2024

A two-day workshop to talk about the Montessori approach for dementia and ageing will take place in London on 20 and 21 November.  It will be led by Anne Kelly, a nurse and expert in the care of older people, who has been a major proponent of the approach in her native Australia. “Dementia and…

Following the launch of Scotland’s new dementia strategy, ‘Dementia in Scotland: Everyone’s Story’, in May 2023, the Scottish Government and COSLA (The voice of local government in Scotland) have published a delivery plan for how they will work with people with lived experience and delivery partners to implement the strategy.  This delivery plan runs from…

Dementia diagnosis rates have “stagnated” since the pandemic, Alzheimer’s Society has said, calling on people to contribute to a new parliamentary inquiry that seeks to find out what the barriers are to a diagnosis. The inquiry, by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, will consider how diagnosis rates slumped to 62.5% in December, compared…

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) are providing a limited number of virtual and in-person registration bursaries, as well as travel bursaries, to help individuals meeting their criteria to attend their 36th Global Conference being held on 24-26 April 2024 in Poland and online.  Bursaries are available for:      People living with dementia   Informal carers   Early career researchers …

Health secretary Steve Barclay held out the prospect of a government Major Conditions Strategy designed to tackle six health conditions including dementia. Barclay told the House of Commons that the policy would mark a shift to “integrated, whole-person care,” alleviating pressure on the health system, increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing health-related unemployment. The major…

The NHS are advising all over 40s to get their blood pressure checked to detect the ‘silent killer’ of high blood pressure (hypertension).   Hypertension often has no symptoms but, if left untreated, can lead to fatal heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and vascular dementia. It is believed that a third of cases of high blood…