Are you a person diagnosed with memory problems who would like to get involved in a short dementia research study? Researchers want to develop a digital assessment tool that could help to reduce waiting times in Memory Clinics. They are looking for volunteers with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer’s disease who have access…
Dementia Australia has launched ‘Hold the Moment’, a new podcast featuring stories of life after a diagnosis of dementia. Hosted by Jim Rogers, who lives with young onset dementia, and journalist Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s, the podcast is a mix of personal experiences and expert advice. You can…
Healthwatch England has published a report entitled ‘A local diagnosis: Learning the lessons of Community Diagnostic Centres’. In the report, Healthwatch England identify barriers for people with dementia in accessing Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs). For example: “At seven sites, local Healthwatch identified issues that could be a barrier for people with dementia, including: The report…
Alzheimer’s Society has announced that it’s investing £9million into funding three new Doctoral Training Centres. The centres will support nearly 90 students over five years to enter dementia research and will be led by Professor Stuart Allan at Manchester University, Professor John-Paul Taylor at Newcastle University, and Professor Nathan Davies and Professor Claudia Cooper at…
Permission has been granted for researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and Dundee to use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse 1.6 million brain scans for patterns that indicate the signs of dementia. NHS Scotland granted access to the anonymised CT and MRI images which were collected during routine clinical care between 2008 and 2018. The…
NHS England has published a refreshed Dementia Scenario highlighting key elements of optimal care across the dementia pathway. It puts a fictional person at the centre of the story to show the difference between a suboptimal – but realistic – pathway of care, compared to an optimal one. The scenario is available on the NHS…
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published a new briefing entitled ‘The future of care needs: a whole systems approach’. The briefing predicts the changing care landscape across the next decade, suggesting that an extra 400,000 people in the UK could be providing care for more than 10 hours a week by 2035. JRF also…
Dr Euan Winton, a design expert at the Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, has published research proposing a new framework that outlines collaborative design (co-design) where people living with dementia use their own ideas and actions to shape, lead and deliver projects, rather than always having projects…
Carers UK has published a report entitled: ‘Taking the next step for working carers – Introducing a new right to paid Carer’s Leave’. The report’s findings suggest that introducing paid carers leave could benefit millions of workers by reducing work-related inequalities, with employers seeing productivity gains up to £8.2 billion per year. Carers UK, who…
A dementia strategy has been developed for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in collaboration with Cornwall Council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and the NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board. The strategy promotes the ‘well pathway’ for dementia: preventing well, diagnosing well, treating well, supporting well, living well and…