An East Anglian study will look at whether NHS mental health Recovery Colleges can help support people living with dementia. There are already 85 Recovery Colleges across the country for people who use mental health services, but this will be the first opportunity to see whether they have a role in dementia care specifically. The…
Care employers are joining forces to provide employment opportunities and care support for refugees arriving from Ukraine. The National Care Forum (NCF) and Care Provider Alliance have assembled a range of partners across the public, not-for-profit and private sectors who are also looking at how they can help through the Homes for Ukrainians scheme. “Like…
A government-commissioned report on the state of the adult social care workforce in England has called for a higher minimum wage and further action to ease immigration requirements for workers coming from abroad. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report – Adult social care and immigration – urges the government to invest an additional £2.1 billion…
A government policy of discharging older people from hospitals to care homes at the start of the Covid pandemic has been condemned in the High Court. In the scramble for hospital space, the government sought to free up 25,000 beds, a policy that involved discharging untested patients to care homes. Declaring the policy unlawful, the…
Imagine the future of our dementia care community We were delighted with the response at our Open Space event last week. Thank you to everyone involved. Our next one will be held on: Thursday 19 May 10am-12noon: An Open Space event convened by the Journal for Dementia Care/Dementia Publishing and facilitated by Ladder to the Moon/Vibrant…
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 search website Lottie has crunched the ratings data to draw up a list of top locations for older people’s quality of life. Based on an analysis of care and health factors in major cities, Durham came out top followed by Swindon and Doncaster. According to Chris Donnelly, co-founder and CEO of lottie.org, Durham…
Advice for carers and people with dementia on the cost-of-living crisis comes from Admiral Nurse charity Dementia UK. Worries about household finances as energy bills rise can be compounded by loss of employment or caring responsibilities, Dementia UK points out, so the charity has compiled advice on how better to manage finances in the face…
Alzheimer’s Society has produced advice on Ramadan for family carers and they people they care for. In a blog on its website, the charity sets out what Ramadan is, how it is observed by Muslims, the role of spiritual fasting, how to have a dementia-friendly Ramadan, and the role of social events taking place during…
New research supports the view that healthy living increases life expectancy, but also suggests that longer lives may not mean more years living with Alzheimer’s. Volunteers aged 65-plus for a US study reported what they ate and drank, how much exercise they did and how often they did activities like reading and crosswords. While healthier…