The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has published a framework for population health. The Framework is based on five interconnected aspects of health and wellbeing: It is intended to improve health and reduce health inequalities in Scotland over the next ten years, including in relation to dementia. You can read…
Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), in partnership with Dementia Change Action Network (DCAN), has launched a report entitled ‘I just want to be able to dance’. The report, written by Neil Crowther and Liz Leach, champions a renewed focus on wellbeing for people with dementia, highlighting connection, community, and personalised care and support as key…
ITV News Scotland has had access to HMP Glenochil to report on the challenges the prison is facing in caring for their ageing population. In Glenochil, ten percent of the prison population is over sixty, and as well as making adaptations to the prison environment they are also having to use agency social care staff. …
Rose Vincent, a PHD student from the University of Edinburgh, has shared co-production resources that have been created from research she’s done with The Smarties. The Smarties – a group of researchers with lived experience of dementia – were formed in 2021 to explore volunteering and dementia as part of Rose’s PhD. They were funded…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has launched ‘Dementia Unseen’ – a new campaign to demand action to address issues relating to dementia diagnosis. As part of the campaign, ARUK has published a report entitled ‘Delivering Dementia Diagnosis – A blueprint for the future’, which is an evidenced-based plan for what is described as ‘fast, fair and…
Care Rights UK, a charity promoting the rights of older people in care, has published a report entitled ‘Reform of Adult Social Care: Our Vision’. The report calls for care that ensures each individual drawing on support has the best possible quality of life, with human rights central to the provision of services. Care Rights…
New resources to support person-centred care planning for older adults in care homes are now available. Created with input from over 100 health and social care professionals and residents’ family and friends, the resources are intended to make care planning more meaningful, effective, and inclusive. They have been designed to support everyone involved in care…
Skills for Care are looking for people with lived experience of dementia and health and adult social provision to participate in a review of the Dementia Core Skills Education and Training framework. The review has been commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to support the health and adult social care workforces. The…
Skills for Care are looking for 90 adult social care employers to pioneer the Care Workforce Pathway as part of a new support programme building towards a national rollout. The Care Workforce Pathway is a career structure for adult social care which has been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care and Skills…
The UK Government has launched ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’. The Plan has been created following the Change NHS initiative (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/change-nhs-online-platform-launched) that was launched in autumn 2024 to gather views and opinions on the NHS. The Plan includes mentions of dementia in relation to: You…