Applications for The Dementia Trust’s Disruption Awards 2024 closing soon 

Technology company CareSmart is marketing Connected Care, which supports people with social care needs to live independently in their own homes.  Connected Care kits include what the company describes as discreet activity sensors that can be placed around the home and are connected to a central 4G hub to check that the person is going…

The SPLENDID (Social prescribing for people to live enjoyably with dementia in daily life) Research Programme is looking for people living with dementia, or caring for a relative or close friend with dementia, to join their involvement group to help shape their research into social prescribing.  The SPLENDID research is aiming to develop a way…

Cadbury’s are continuing their partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2025 and have launched a new advert entitled: ‘Memory’.  The advert depicts a dad, his daughter and a memory that they share about chocolate. You can view the advert here: https://vimeo.com/1041136020/95efd491de 

Tony Jameson-Allen and Chris Wilkins, co-founders of the dementia reminiscence charity Sporting Memories, have been awarded MBEs in the New Year Honours. They started the charity in 2011 and there are now more than 100 Sporting Memories clubs supporting older people across England, Scotland and Wales. Wilkins, CEO of Sporting Memories, said the clubs used…

Age UK has published a new report ‘A hidden crisis: Older people and deprivation of liberty in care homes’ highlighting the need for reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system. DoLS is intended to be a system that provides legal protection for older people who have lost their mental capacity, often due to…

A webinar is taking place on 22 February 2024 at 1pm to launch ‘Better Care Moves for Older People’. This will be a knowledge-sharing and networking event aimed at individuals working in adult social care, informal carers/families, people who use social care, researchers, and members of the public who have an interest in this topic. …