Skills for Care has launched a new campaign entitled ‘Learning and Development Matters’ that will run throughout January and February 2025. The campaign, hashtagged #KeepLearning, is intended to promote the benefits of learning and development for the social care workforce at all levels and raise awareness about opportunities for ongoing learning. It continues the work…
The UK Government has announced an independent commission into adult social care. The Commission will be chaired by Baroness Louise Casey and will aim to inform Government about the work needed to deliver a National Care Service. The Department for Health and Social Care say of the Commission: “Split over 2 phases, the commission will…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) are urging everyone to do a Brain Health Check-In early in 2025. As we reported here https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/brain-health-check-in, thousands of people have already accessed the Brain Health Check-In Online Tool which you can find here: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/brain-health/check-in/ Read this article https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/kickstart-2025-with-a-check-in-on-your-brain-health/ from an ARUK staff member for inspiration to prioritise your brain health…
Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Dementia Together’ magazine is looking for people living with dementia and unpaid carers to join a judging panel for their poetry competition. The judging involves reading entries and helping to choose the winners. For more information, please contact magazine@alzheimers.org.uk by 22nd January 2025.
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…