Alzheimer’s Society has shared ‘7 ways to support a person with dementia in cold weather’.
Topics covered include heating, dressing, movement and the benefits of natural daylight.
Read the tips here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-support-somebody-living-dementia-cold-weather
Alzheimer’s Society has called on the government to deliver on its dementia commitments after being told 25 times that the long-promised “ten-year plan for dementia” would appear “in due course”. An open letter, signed by 36,000 members of the public, was delivered by Society ambassadors to 10 Downing Street demanding that the government make dementia…
Dementia UK’s Health Inequalities Team has published a leaflet and information to support the LGBT+ community. The new resources have been created by Admiral Nurses and include advice about finding support, dealing with stigma and discrimination and accessing health and social care services. You can find out more here: https://www.dementiauk.org/information-and-support/living-with-dementia/supporting-lgbtq-people-with-dementia/ Read/download the leaflet here: https://www.dementiauk.org/wp-content/uploads/demenita-uk-LGBT.pdf.
The University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies have published new resources to support their DemECH Project, which explored how Extra Care Housing can help people to live well with dementia. The new resources, which are all available for free, are: Key insights booklets An infographic A series of short videos Find out more here:…
CrossSense has been announced as the winner of the £1m Longitude Prize on Dementia. CrossSense is a personalised AI-powered assistant, developed for smart glasses, that identifies everyday objects and guides people living with early-stage dementia through daily activities, with the aim of supporting them to live safely in their own homes for longer. Szczepan Orlins,…
A major new report outlines a plan to harness the power of music to transform health, wellbeing and communities, including care homes, people living with dementia and their carers. Music for Dementia and UK Music have joined forces to publish a new report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing….
Care homes meal provider apetito hopes to make mealtimes more interesting for people with dementia who have dysphagia by introducing five new dishes aimed specifically at this group. The dishes are chicken in rich gravy, lamb in mint gravy, chicken and vegetable casserole, sausages, beans and chips, and spaghetti bolognaise. The meals correspond to IDDSI…