The Lancet Commission study has identified two new risk factors for dementia: untreated vision loss and high low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/bad cholesterol. In findings presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in the US, the updated Lancet Commission (2024) on dementia prevention, intervention, and care noted that 45% of cases of dementia worldwide could be prevented…
The Filo Project, a local dementia day care non-profit organisation, has celebrated its 10th birthday. The Filo Project is a social enterprise where hosts welcome small groups of older people with early to moderate dementia into their home for the day. Hosts collect clients and bring them into their home for a home-cooked lunch and…
Maxine Linnell, who lives with dementia, has provided an update on the Change.org petition https://www.change.org/p/stop-negative-and-inaccurate-dementia-publicity-show-the-hopeful-creative-possibilities she began with colleagues entitled: ‘Stop negative and inaccurate dementia publicity. Show the hopeful, creative possibilities.’ This petition, which had 1790 supporters and has now closed, was begun following the Alzheimer’s Society releasing their film ‘The Long Goodbye’. Maxine’s update…
Dementia UK has shared a new animation to increase awareness of young onset dementia. The animation includes information about symptoms that can be experienced by younger people, what those symptoms can be mistaken for, and the different challenges younger people face when living with dementia. You can view the animation here:
Kunstmuseum Den Haag gallery in Holland has started to run Art Connection tours for people with dementia and their carers. These tours aim to spark the senses of people with dementia, creating a more enriching gallery experience. On the first tour, residents from a care home and their carers looked at four artworks. The museum…
Dementia United, in collaboration with clinicians, business intelligence colleagues and members of the Dementia United Dementia Carers Expert Reference Group, has developed a dementia data dashboard for Greater Manchester. The dashboard shows dementia diagnoses rates across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, as well as documenting lived experience, quality of care and quality of life…
A study published in Nature Medicine has suggested that people who receive the shingles vaccine Shingrixmay have a lower risk of developing dementia compared to those who received the older shingles vaccine Zostavax. Health records of more than 200,000 US citizens – half of whom were vaccinated with Zostavax and half of whom were vaccinated…
A study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity has suggested the annual cost in England of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke combined will rise by 61% from £51.9bn recorded in 2018 to £85.6bn in 2050. All four conditions combined account for 59% of all deaths and result in 5.1m years of life lost. The…
The University of Portsmouth’s SORTED Project (Improving Social Care practice in integrating mouth and teeth care in personal care for people living with dementia) has shared two free resources for homecare services supporting people living with dementia. The resources are aimed at homecare managers and homecare workers, and are intended to help integrate mouth and…
Hiker Harriet Thomas is walking 900 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats for Dementia Adventure under the banner of ‘The D Tour’. Harriet has been inspired to do The D Tour following her mum’s nine years with dementia. The D Tour website says: “It’s more than just a walk—it’s also a podcast, a fundraiser,…