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…
MELODIC, a collaborative study between Angela Ruskin University’s Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), has shared a film from an event MELODIC co-hosted with Dementia UK to highlighting the impact of music therapy on reducing distress for people with dementia on NHS inpatient wards. You can…
A new tool, The Electronic Frailty Index 2 (eFI2), created as a result of NIHR funding into research led by the University of Leeds, has begun to be used in primary care, with 3 in 5 GPs in England able to access it through Optum (formerly known as EMIS) software. The researchers behind the tool,…
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has published a report entitled, ‘Workforce and patient safety: primary and community care co-ordination for people with long-term conditions’. The report describes failures by NHS and care organisations to coordinate care for people with long-term health conditions, including dementia. Concerns documented include people struggling to navigate the health…
Together in Dementia Everyday (TIDE) has published a report entitled ‘Making Shared Care a Reality’. The report documents the importance of continued carer involvement after a person with dementia moves into a care home. TIDE say: “Based on insight from carers across the UK, the report explores how shared care can improve outcomes for both…