Registration is now open for the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference, which returns for 2023 during Dementia Action Week. The conference will put a spotlight on making dementia a priority locally, bringing together local leaders in dementia from across the UK to share best practice and challenges, and progress towards aims and ambitions in diagnosis and…
Air pollution is linked to higher use of mental health services by people with dementia, research published by BMJ Mental Health suggests. It says that cutting levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter should be a priority in urban areas if demand on overstretched psychiatric services is to be reduced. Researchers looked back at…
Vacancy rates have increased in the adult social care sector from 6.1% in April 2021 to 10.3% in April 2022, according to Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data. During the pandemic vacancy rates dropped with fewer jobs being available in other sectors and some care workers reporting they felt they had to help the…
Up to 73% of dementia cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes, a new study of 344,000 people over 15 years suggests. Researchers behind the study, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, investigated 210 modifiable risk factors and found that personal measures such as increasing physical strength, more leisure and social activities, more time…
Magic Me, an arts charity that brings generations together, has published their annual report 2023/24 entitled: ‘Creativity, Connection and Growth’. Magic Me began in 1989 with a focus on intergenerational arts practices and arts initiatives for people living and working in care settings. In their latest Annual Report, Magic Me talk about ‘Spark’ (formerly Magic Moments)…
‘Care Fully Considered’ is a new podcast from hosts Laura Barnes and Katy Styles, who are both unpaid carers. The podcast features experts sharing their views on key topics relating to unpaid carers and is part of the work of the We Care Campaign. The promotion for the podcast says: “There are only three types…
