Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has published a paper in Nature Reviews Neurology to highlight the exclusion of dementia as a non-communicable (chronic) disease from policies and frameworks. ADI wrote their paper in collaboration with the London School of Economics, and they point out data that includes dementia becoming the third leading cause of death globally…
Providers Unite, a grassroots coalition uniting community care and support providers across the UK to advocate for the social care sector, has announced Tuesday 25 February 2025 as a ‘Day of Action’. Providers Unite is described as, “A diverse and vital network of care providers, collectively serving over 1.2 million individuals and employing a dedicated…
Care UK has launched ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’, an online advice hub sharing knowledge and real-life experiences to support those who are looking after someone living with dementia. ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ includes films and written materials answering common questions relating to dementia, an events listing and a guide entitled: ‘Let’s Talk Dementia’. You can…
The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford has extended the deadline for applications to the Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research. Established in honour of the late Rosamund Snow, an advocate for patient involvement in healthcare research, the scholarship supports experts by experience to lead doctorate research projects that…
Together in Dementia Everyday (TIDE) has launched a survey to understand the experiences of unpaid carers when the person they care for moves into a care home. They will use the data collected to write a report for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) about how care homes can ensure that carers continue to feel involved…
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…