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…
The Applied Research Collaboration and Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex has developed ‘My Choice’, an evidence-based information resource that gives people with dementia and their families information on living with dementia. The resource has been co-designed with people living with dementia, and includes eating well, mental health, hearing and vision, cognitive activities, using supportive technology,…
The second annual World Lewy Body Day is being marked today, 28 January 2025. 28 January is the birthday of neurologist and neuropathologist Dr Fritz Jacob Heinrich Lewy who discovered Lewy bodies in 1912. Organisations from eleven countries, including the UK Lewy Body Society, are taking part in this awareness raising event for Lewy body…
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) are looking for examples of dementia rehabilitation programmes to potentially include in ADI’s 2025 World Alzheimer Report to be published in September. If you want to share any examples, email Chloe Benoist c.benoist@alzint.org For more information about rehabilitation and dementia, the recording of ADI’s 21 January webinar is here: https://youtu.be/5FLNyEIEc80?si=rlax3LiUa0Xnh2BM
Dementia UK has relaunched their ‘We live with dementia’ campaign. The campaign features a range of resources, including films and guides. You can find out more from our 2024 coverage of ‘We live with dementia’ here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/we-live-with-dementia
Innovate UK has launched their ‘Ignite Labs: Health & Care Innovations’ programme. The programme is for innovators from UK SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) who are developing innovative products and services (eg technologies, medical devices, digital solutions) in any field relating to human health and wellbeing, including health living/ageing. The programme runs from 11 February…