Charlotte Stoner, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich, is looking for feedback from people living with dementia about an application she is co-writing for a research project creating a new questionnaire about wellbeing for people with dementia. It’s hoped that the questionnaire will become a new measure that’s used in research…
The Lewy Body Society has announced plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2026. The annual Lewy Body Awareness Week will move from June to January in 2026 to coincide with World Lewy Body Day (28 January). The Lewy Body Society Celebration Dinner will be on Saturday 18th April 2026 – for more information and…
Carers UK has secured three years of funding from Sport England to relaunch their ‘Carers Active’ project. When this project was funded previously, a Carers Active Hub was created with resources including exercise videos and activity ideas. You can find some of these resources here: https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/our-campaigns/carers-active/ The re-launched project will see Carers UK work with…
In addition to Dementia UK’s release of ‘A pub conversation’ with Tommy and Andrew (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/dementia-uk-release-a-pub-conversation-with-tommy-and-andrew), conversation starters have been shared to help people struggling to talk about dementia. There is also information aimed at supporting children and young people to have conversations about dementia. Visit https://www.dementiauk.org/news/starting-conversations-about-dementia/ to find out more.
Researchers at King’s College London Impact Centre for Palliative and End of Life Care are looking for palliative and end of life care professionals to complete their Stakeholder Survey. The researchers say: “Too many people die without the care they need and could benefit from. We have evidence of what works, but too often this…
Reach by Nightingale Hammerson (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/nightingale-hammerson-launch-free-digital-platform-to-support-people-living-at-home) has collaborated with Macrosad, a care provider in Spain, to publish a paper entitled ‘Relationship centred care in care homes: Concept and key steps to its implementation’. The paper brings together practical experiences from Nightingale Hammerson and Macrosad. The authors say: “Moving into a care…
Air pollution has again been linked to the risk of developing dementia by two studies published in the journals The Lancet Planetary Health and The Lancet Healthy Longevity. In the study led by the University of Cambridge and published by The Lancet Planetary Health, a link between three common types of air pollutants and a…
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has launched their Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) resources via a newly created Hub. The BGS say: “CGA is the cornerstone of good quality care for older people, and, despite its name, it is not just an assessment but a process. Our Hub equips the entire multidisciplinary team, across a wide…
The Digitising Social Care programme has published guidance for adult social care providers on using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The guidance, entitled ‘AI in Adult Social Care’, was developed by the Digital Care Hub who consulted with care provides to ensure their views and experiences were incorporated. The guidance explores how AI is being integrated into…
‘Carer Connect’, a new initiative dedicated to understanding and supporting the millions of unpaid carers across the UK, has been launched by Grace Carers and Ontex. In its first stage this initiative is conducting a consultation, with the findings from that due to be compiled into a white paper of recommendations entitled ‘Caring by Love,…