‘CARE’, a documentary about social care, is currently touring the UK. CARE tells the story of a residential care home as they emerge from the Covid pandemic. Filmed entirely by staff in the home, CARE is a collaboration between Newcastle University, Tongue Tied Films and UKRI (UK Research and Innovation). The makers of CARE say: …
EMBED-Care (Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care programme) has published a Policy Brief entitled, ‘Reforming end of life dementia care for those needing greater support – Policy priorities from the EMBED-Care Programme’. The recommendations follow a six-year research programme that considered current and future needs for integrated palliative dementia care across the UK population….
‘Waiting for the bus’, a training resource for dementia care teams written by Sam Dondi-Smith with Professor David Sheard, has free copies available. Sam, who is a Senior Partner at the National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme (NaDCAS) and has a background as an occupational therapist, says: “I have had the privilege to collaborate with David…
Nightingale Hammerson has launched ‘Reach’, a free digital platform designed to give individuals and their carers advice for ageing well at home. Reach offers a resource library with videos, checklists and guides on topics like mobility, sleep, nutrition, dementia support, hearing care, funding, and more. The short videos provide practical demonstrations like ‘getting in and…
Government Social Research and the Welsh Government has published, ‘Evaluation of the Dementia Action Plan 2018 to 2022: main findings and recommendations for future strategies’. This is the final report in the evaluation process (that began in 2019), and provides an overview of all of the evaluation findings. The report also contains a series of…
The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) is looking for anyone with thoughts around terminology relating to unpaid dementia carers to contribute their views. DSDC say: “Terminology is constantly progressing in dementia care, and we’d love to hear your thoughts around some terminology. In particular, what does ‘care partner’ and ‘carer’ mean to you?” You can…
Dementia Alliance International (DAI) has launched a Community Survey and would like responses from anyone with personal or professional experience in dementia care around the world. DAI say: “Since 2014, DAI has worked tirelessly to represent, support, and educate people living with dementia while raising awareness, eradicating stigma, and improving quality of life. Guided by…
The children of parents with young onset dementia will be sharing their experiences in workshops that will be part of the 2025 Youth Summit from Lorenzo’s House. The Youth Summit is a free, virtual, worldwide event that unites children who have a parent affected by young onset dementia. In 2025 it will take place from…
The University of Kent is conducting a survey as part of research into personalising domiciliary dementia care. The aim of the research is to develop technology that matches the care preferences and needs of people living with dementia and their care partners with the services on offer from care providers. Researchers are also aiming to…
Dementia UK has published a resource about Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA). Dementia UK say of PCA: “Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a rare form of dementia that mostly affects the parts of the brain that process visual and spatial information. PCA can affect people of any age but most commonly develops between the ages of…