The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline entitled, ‘Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk’. The guideline updates and replaces the 2013 NICE guideline on falls and includes recommendations on: Professor Jonathan Benger, Chief Medical Officer and Interim Director…
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has launched a new national campaign entitled ‘Care Can’t Wait’. The campaign aims to raise awareness about what adult social care is and how it enables millions of people to live their life on their own terms. The campaign website has a downloadable toolkit, and offers…
Age UK has launched ‘Act Now, Age Better’, a campaign that they hope will start a national conversation about how people can become more physically active in their 50s and 60s to help ensure a healthier and more independent later life. The campaign is inspired by new research from Age UK that shows: Paul Farmer,…
The UK Government has launched a 12 week call for evidence to inform England’s first ever Men’s Health Strategy. Men of all ages and backgrounds are being urged to contribute their insights, along with health and social care professionals, academics, employers and stakeholder organisations. The call for evidence asks for participants views on what is…
The Old Age Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists are running a survey on the inequalities facing ethnic elders within dementia healthcare. The Old Age Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists say: “Your responses will help us understand the current service status and the challenges faced by minority ethnic elders within dementia assessment…
If you support a family member or friend living with dementia, researchers on the CareCoach study would like to hear from you. CareCoach is an online support package, broken into modules, that focuses on helping unpaid carers develop knowledge, skills and confidence to care more effectively for a person living with dementia and improve the…
A study published in Nature Human Behaviour has suggested that using a computer, smartphone, the internet or some combination of these is associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment. These findings contrast with the previous ‘digital dementia hypothesis’, which had suggested that a lifetime of using digital technology could drive cognitive decline. Dr Michael…
A research study, funded by The Road Safety Trust, will see the University of Surrey and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust collaborating to test a UK-adapted dementia driving decision aid (DDDA-UK). Running for 18-months, the study will test the DDDA-UK within Surrey memory services to see if the resource can effectively support people living…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has published their latest Impact Report entitled, ‘Shaping the Future of Care: Our Work in 2024’. The report highlights CWC’s support for care workers personally and professionally, and documents how they are ensuring the voices of care workers remain at the heart of policy and debate around social care. You…
The UK Government, in partnership with the Wellcome Trust, has announced a new £600 million Health Data Research Service that will give scientists quicker and safer access to large-scale NHS datasets. The new system is intended to reduce the time it takes to set up clinical trials to 150 days (it was over 250 days…