Music for Dementia and the Muses, Mind, Machine (MMM) Research Centre at the University of Sheffield have co-hosted a roundtable that brought together technology manufacturers, accessibility experts, record labels, radio professionals and dementia sector leaders to tackle the barriers preventing older adults and people living with dementia from accessing music. The Music Made Easy Roundtable…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has published a policy report entitled, ‘Dementia Treatments: An Opportunity to Deliver for Patients and Drive Economic Growth’. The policy report urges the UK government to: Alzheimer’s Research UK say: “With 138 Alzheimer’s drugs in 182 trials worldwide – and 31 already in phase 3 – the treatments pipeline is stronger than…
The Casey Commission, the independent commission on adult social care in England that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/uk-government-announce-casey-commission-into-adult-social-careand here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/casey-commission-terms-of-reference-published is inviting anyone with experiences of accessing care or thoughts about improving the social care system in England to share their views. The Commission has been meeting with carers, people who draw on care, charities and service providers to understand…
New national guidance to support the recruitment of Shared Lives carers from minoritised ethnic, cultural, and religious communities has been published. Only 5–7% of Shared Lives carers in England are from minoritised ethnic communities, compared with 18% of the remaining population, and the guidance – funded by the Hallmark Foundation – aims to redress this imbalance. Entitled…
Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia information, awareness and support for the deaf community. A SignVideo option is now available on the Alzheimer’s Society’s website to make the Society’s Dementia Support Line more accessible to deaf people. SignVideo links a deaf person with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter who can live translate…
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has shared a good practice example of how to involve African Caribbean communities in dementia research and awareness. Their example focuses on Bettina Wallace, a co-researcher with NIHR ARC East Midlands on the DEM-COMM dementia capacity programme. Bettina has personal experience of dementia and has become…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has published analysis showing that dementia continues to be the UK’s leading cause of death. Their data shows: Alzheimer’s Research UK’s analysis also shows that across the four nations England had the highest dementia death rate in 2024 at 12%, followed by Northern Ireland (11.1%), Wales (11%) and Scotland (10.6%). You can…
Alzheimer’s Society has partnered with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Moorfields Eye Charity to launch the first cohort of the Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship. The 7-year fellowship provides protected research time and leadership development opportunities to create future clinical research leaders. Applications are open to experienced postdoctoral health and care professionals…
The National Audit Office has published a report entitled, ‘Primary and community healthcare support for people living with frailty’. The report looks at: The findings of the report are summarised by Ashley McDougall, Report Director, here: https://youtu.be/5-2lbjEUfWw?si=T2jGK5ZLWPamzrLY You can read the report, which references dementia, here: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Primary-and-community-healthcare-support-for-people-living-with-frailty.pdf
It’s been announced that the 2025/26 Carol Jennings Fellow is Dr Ian Harrison from University College London (UCL). Dr Harrison was inspired to make dementia research his career after his grandparents both lived with dementia. His research focuses on the brain’s natural waste disposal process (the glymphatic system), and his project will explore how boosting this…