NHS England has launched a review to tackle LGBT+ health inequalities. The review is a first for NHS England and is being led by Dr Michael Brady, National Adviser for LGBT Health at NHS England. It will assess data and evidence from a range of research and clinical settings, and aims to understand barriers to…
Dementia UK has made recordings from their 2025 Summer School, that we reported on here https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/dementia-uk-publish-2025-summer-school-programme, available to view on YouTube. 2025 represented Dementia UK’s fifth Summer School. Thirteen recordings were made from the sessions covering a wide range of dementia related topics, each one being delivered by Admiral Nurses and other experts. You can…
‘Scarlett Buckling and the Case of the Missing Pictures’ has been published by Tiny Tree Books. Informed by the lived experience of people with dementia, as well as family members and dementia professionals, it is aimed at readers aged 10-12 years and described as, ‘Exploring themes of dementia within the trappings of a classic detective…
Charlotte Stoner, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich, is looking for feedback from people living with dementia about an application she is co-writing for a research project creating a new questionnaire about wellbeing for people with dementia. It’s hoped that the questionnaire will become a new measure that’s used in research…
The Lewy Body Society has announced plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2026. The annual Lewy Body Awareness Week will move from June to January in 2026 to coincide with World Lewy Body Day (28 January). The Lewy Body Society Celebration Dinner will be on Saturday 18th April 2026 – for more information and…
Carers UK has secured three years of funding from Sport England to relaunch their ‘Carers Active’ project. When this project was funded previously, a Carers Active Hub was created with resources including exercise videos and activity ideas. You can find some of these resources here: https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/our-campaigns/carers-active/ The re-launched project will see Carers UK work with…
In addition to Dementia UK’s release of ‘A pub conversation’ with Tommy and Andrew (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/dementia-uk-release-a-pub-conversation-with-tommy-and-andrew), conversation starters have been shared to help people struggling to talk about dementia. There is also information aimed at supporting children and young people to have conversations about dementia. Visit https://www.dementiauk.org/news/starting-conversations-about-dementia/ to find out more.
Researchers at King’s College London Impact Centre for Palliative and End of Life Care are looking for palliative and end of life care professionals to complete their Stakeholder Survey. The researchers say: “Too many people die without the care they need and could benefit from. We have evidence of what works, but too often this…
Reach by Nightingale Hammerson (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/nightingale-hammerson-launch-free-digital-platform-to-support-people-living-at-home) has collaborated with Macrosad, a care provider in Spain, to publish a paper entitled ‘Relationship centred care in care homes: Concept and key steps to its implementation’. The paper brings together practical experiences from Nightingale Hammerson and Macrosad. The authors say: “Moving into a care…
Air pollution has again been linked to the risk of developing dementia by two studies published in the journals The Lancet Planetary Health and The Lancet Healthy Longevity. In the study led by the University of Cambridge and published by The Lancet Planetary Health, a link between three common types of air pollutants and a…