Alzheimer Scotland has published their Annual Review.
The Review looks at Alzheimer Scotland’s work over the last 12 months and features examples of innovative practice. You can read the Review here: https://www.alzscot.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Alzscot_Annual%20Review%202023-2024%20WEB.pdf
Care Networx, a technology company, has signed a deal with NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to bring a new carers app to 250,000 unpaid carers in West Yorkshire. Launching in early 2025, the carers app will provide proactive support to unpaid carers and help streamline care processes. From uploading important health and legal files, to helping manage…
The Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) has published their Review Highlights report. The report celebrates areas of memory service practice that review teams have found particularly impressive, showcasing examples of good practice from MSNAP members. It also identifies standards that memory services often struggle to meet, with these commonly unmet standards being accompanied by…
Resonate Arts is recruiting for a director, at “an exciting time to join our small and ambitious charity”. The charity’s purpose is to eradicate social isolation for people living with dementia, bringing dementia friendly communities to life. It works in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster collaborating with arts, health, social care and community organisations, and artists to…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has responded to the Adult Directors of Social Services (ADASS) Autumn Survey, which shows that 81% of councils are expected to overspend their adult social care budgets this year – a significant rise from 72% in 2023/24. Frances Lawrence, CEO of Dementia Carers Count, says: “These latest findings from ADASS are…
Dementia United, in collaboration with clinicians, business intelligence colleagues and members of the Dementia United Dementia Carers Expert Reference Group, has developed a dementia data dashboard for Greater Manchester. The dashboard shows dementia diagnoses rates across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, as well as documenting lived experience, quality of care and quality of life…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has launched ‘Dementia Unseen’ – a new campaign to demand action to address issues relating to dementia diagnosis. As part of the campaign, ARUK has published a report entitled ‘Delivering Dementia Diagnosis – A blueprint for the future’, which is an evidenced-based plan for what is described as ‘fast, fair and…