The National Care Forum (NCF) are encouraging people working in adult social care to complete their NCF Digital Survey 2025. NCF say: “As the government prioritises digitisation in health and social care, your insights on current technologies and future needs are vital. This 20-minute survey will help shape a digitally empowered future for Adult Social…
Dementia Jersey has launched ‘Boost your Brain’, a campaign highlighting how lifestyle changes can lower the chances of a person developing dementia. The ‘Boost your Brain’ campaign is focused on three key areas: loving your heart, staying sharp and keeping connected. It aims to support islanders to reduce their dementia risk (dementia is the fastest…
The NeurEYE research team, led by the University of Edinburgh with Glasgow Caledonian University, has collected almost a million eye scans from opticians across Scotland to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from a routine eye test. Scientists will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to analyse the…
Thrive, the gardening for health charity, has launched ‘Cultivating Wellbeing’, the first gardening for health and wellbeing app on the digital market. The app uses gardening and time in nature to improve people’s health based on proven research, and has been validated by The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA). The…
Challenge Works, the organisation responsible for delivering the Longitude Prize on Dementia initiative, has partnered with the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to assess the merits of the five Longitude Prize on Dementia finalists. CPEC will work with Challenge Works to assess the technologies…
Channel 5 has aired a documentary entitled: ‘Will you get dementia?’ The programme focuses on the early signs of dementia, strategies for reducing risk and the future of dementia research and treatments. It includes content relating to early-onset dementia, links to menopause and sports-related head injuries, and the role of lifestyle choices in risk reduction. …
Tamara Backhouse, a researcher at the University of East Anglia, is looking for people living with dementia to take part in research to understand how best to improve personal care for people with dementia. The aim of the research is to inform the development of training for caregivers. Participation involves taking part in a 1-hour…
Dementia NI has celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Founded in 2015 by five people living with a diagnosis of dementia to enable them to have their voices heard and improve services for themselves and others, the charity has grown into a leading dementia organisation in Northern Ireland with around 100 members, all of whom are living…
Cadbury’s are continuing their partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2025 and have launched a new advert entitled: ‘Memory’. The advert depicts a dad, his daughter and a memory that they share about chocolate. You can view the advert here: https://vimeo.com/1041136020/95efd491de
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and numerous former professional footballers and their families have joined renewed calls for an amendment to the Football Governance Bill to make it a statutory duty to develop a dementia strategy. Increasing evidence has linked neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia, to playing football (at all…