Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton in conjunction with Wordcraft Workshops are running an intergenerational poetry competition entitled: ‘Together in Verse’. The competition is open to older people living in Liverpool and Sefton, and school-aged children (4-19) writing about or with an older person in their life category. Prizes are being offered and the winners will…
Social Care Wales has announced a programme of events for ‘Wellbeing Week 2025’. The events run online and anyone in the social care sector can attend them to learn about wellbeing and share best practice in workplaces and for the workforce. The events run from 20 to 24 January 2025 and you can attend as…
Healthwatch has announced that their ‘Share for Better Care Week’, organised in conjunction with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), will begin on 24 February 2025. The week is intended to engage people drawing on health and social care, and the health and social care workforce, to share their feedback to drive improvements in health and…
Having signposted to ‘Knowledge is Power’ resources previously https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/a-trio-of-knowledge-is-power-resources-available, we’ve noted that further additions to these resources are now available. You can download a Scottish Gaelic ‘Knowledge is Power’ Booklet here: https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Knowledge_is_Power_Scottish_Gaelic_booklet_single_A5_pages_AW.pdf and a Welsh booklet here: https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Knowledge-is-Power-cy.pdf (via DEEP: https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/deep-resources/knowledge-is-power/). Via Bangor University / Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Cymru/Wales https://dsdc.bangor.ac.uk/products-created.php.en you can access: …
Harmless, an organisation who work to address and overcome issues related to self-harm and suicide, are looking for contributors to a book called ‘Words That Harm, Words That Heal: The Language of Mental Health’. They describe the book as, “A compassionate exploration of how language is used in today’s society regarding mental health and suicide,…
Inclusivity in healthcare is not just an aspiration but a necessity, especially in dementia care services, where empathy and understanding are critical. While strides have been made in LGBTQ+ rights, discrimination persists, even within healthcare. LGBTQ+ individuals with dementia often face heightened anxiety navigating care settings where their identities may not be fully understood or…
Dawn Astle, founder of The Jeff Astle Foundation, has been honoured with an MBE for her services to footballers with dementia. Dawn is the daughter of footballer Jeff Astle and founded The Jeff Astle Foundation after her father died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition he developed from repeated, low level brain trauma believed…
Research published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia – The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, has suggested that a common herpes virus that can cause a chronic gut infection is linked to changes in the immune system seen in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers in the US found that the virus, which is found in most people but usually…
Age UK has published ‘Continuing healthcare?’, a report that Age UK say, “Points to the growing divergence between how NHS Continuing Healthcare funding is supposed to work, and how it actually works.” The report is based on new Age UK analysis of the latest official data about trends in the award of CHC funding, and…
£72m of funding has been announced to establish 14 new Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDCs) across England. The investment, beginning in April 2025 and running for 7 years, is awarded from the £400 million Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicine Pricing, Access, Growth (VPAG) Investment Programme (VPAG is a partnership between the UK Government and the…