Alzheimer’s Society looking for people living with dementia to join their Time for Dementia Programme 

The Young Dementia Network has launched a refreshed website, with new features to make it more accessible.  The website includes information about the network and young onset dementia, research opportunities and numerous resources, newsletters and webinars.  Find out more here: https://youngdementianetwork.org 

Scottish Opera has revived its Memory Spinners project, which has been suspended during the pandemic, to bring music and art to people with dementia.  In weekly sessions designed to engage people with dementia, taking place at St Columba’s church in Glasgow and the Byre in St Andrews, rehearsals and visual arts activities build towards a…

Worcester University researcher Rosemary Davies, who is a qualified counsellor, is looking for research participants with mild to moderate dementia to assist her with her project at the Association for Dementia Studies.  She hopes volunteers will contribute to the aims of her research, which are to improve counselling for those with a recent diagnosis by…

Alzheimer’s Society have released a new film where carers and people living with dementia – Beverly, Mark, Eugenie, Alma, Trevor, Liz and Errol – share their experiences of daily life with dementia.  The film has been made to highlight that, unless you have dementia yourself or care for someone that does, it can be difficult…

An illustrated book of real-life stories of people with dementia as told by their carers has been written by Gina Awad.  The stories in the book, United: Caring for our loved ones living with dementia, described as “humorous, heart-warming and often heart-breaking”, reflect on situations like receiving a diagnosis, meaningful engagement and peer support.  Illustrated…

An initial “strategic framework” has been published by the government as a prelude to its forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy (MCS) for England, which will set out plans for tackling six health conditions including dementia over the next five years. In his foreword to the framework, which is the “interim report” he promised when announcing the…