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Skills for Care has published ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2024’.  In the report, under ‘Categories of training recorded in ASC-WDS, 2023/24’ it is detailed that only 29% of the social care workforce have received dementia training (See page 114 here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Adult-Social-Care-Workforce-Data/Workforce-intelligence/documents/State-of-the-adult-social-care-sector/The-state-of-the-adult-social-care-sector-and-workforce-in-England-2024.pdf).  In the 2023 version of this report,…

Innovations in Dementia has launched a film showing the work they’ve been doing with Lenovo to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool powered by the experiences of people living with dementia.  ‘Alzheimer’s Intelligence’ is a photorealistic 3D avatar named ‘Liv’ with custom AI. The avatar was created from a composite of images of 10 people…

A collaboration between University Hospital Southampton and the University of Southampton on a new laser-based test to diagnose dementia has reported 93% accuracy in the 150 people who’ve been initially assessed.  The test is being developed under the Holistic Optical Biomarkers to Transform Dementia Diagnosis (HOpE) project, and is funded by UK Research and Innovation…

A partnership of people from the health, science and business sectors in Cambridge is collaborating with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA – the UK government’s new research funding agency) to create new neurotechnologies, including brain implants that could treat dementia.  The 3-year partnership between the University of Cambridge and ARIA is intended to…

Marie Curie has released an end-of-life playlist curated by terminally ill people for the end of life. Ranging from upbeat dance tracks to calming melodies, each piece on the Spotify playlist was chosen to feature on someone’s personal ‘end of life playlist’.  Music therapy expert, Lecturer, and Honorary Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at Queen’s…

Dementia Carers Count (DCC) are offering free counselling sessions to unpaid carers.   The counselling puts unpaid carers in touch with DCC’s clinical psychologist, Dr Gemma Fitzgerald, who specialises in supporting dementia carers.  DCC can offer carers up to six free remote counselling sessions. The sessions are intended to help unpaid carers feel listened to and…

Social Finance has published a report entitled: ‘Taking an outcomes focussed approach to improving care for older people with dementia and other needs.’  The report calls for financial change to improve outcomes for older people with dementia and other needs, unpaid carers, and the system that exists to support them.   The report, which was co-produced,…

Another of the new generation of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, donanemab, has been licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for prescription by doctors in Britain.  Read more about the MHRA decision here:   https://www.gov.uk/government/news/donanemab-licensed-for-early-stages-of-alzheimers-disease-in-adult-patients-who-have-one-or-no-copies-of-apolipoprotein-e4-gene The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), however, has published draft guidance for consultation not…

The Lewy Body Society’s annual Scarf for Lewy event has seen a mile of homemade scarves wrapped around Manchester’s Central Hall to raise awareness of Lewy body dementia.  CEO of the Lewy Body Society, Jacqui Cannon, says:  “It is wonderful that wool has brought all our supporters together again in such a colourful and cosy way. People…

Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown the following:  “Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease continued to be the top leading cause of death in England and Wales in 2023, with 66,876 deaths registered (11.6% of all deaths).”  This is the second year in a row that dementia has been recorded as the…