JDCteam Weight and dementia has been in the news recently. One study published in Jama Network Open and based at McMaster University in Canada, showed that excess body fat appeared to affect not only cardiovascular risk factors but also cognitive performance. Another, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, suggested that although all 16,000 participants … Read more
Bristol-based care charity Brunelcare has launched a recruitment campaign to attract new starters to begin a career there. More than 40 of Brunelcare’s existing employees feature in the “Part of Something More” campaign, which will run for 12 weeks with adverts on buses, billboards, rail stations and radio. Sandra Payne, director of nursing and care … Read more
The Journal of Dementia Care is delighted that one of our Advisory Board members, Dr Amanda Thompsell, has been appointed by Target Healthcare REIT as an independent non-executive director. Dr Thompsell has practised as a GP, before switching to working in old age hospital medicine, and then retraining in old age psychiatry. She has significant … Read more
Submitting evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, the Young Dementia Network (YDN) has called for all training for the care workforce to include direct contributions from those with a dementia diagnosis. Specialist knowledge about young onset dementia and the ability to sustain empathic relationships were important qualifications for the workforce, YDN said in written evidence to … Read more
Alzheimer’s Society has teamed up with Leeds Beckett University to create an online forum dedicated to supporting family carers of people affected by both dementia and cancer. “Through the forum we want to provide carers of people with dementia and cancer with a social support network of others who understand the unique challenges they may … Read more
A House of Commons debate to highlight the plight of dementia research heard how funding fell by 10% last year, despite a pledge from the government in its 2019 manifesto to double spending on such research. Leading the special debate last week Debbie Abrahams MP, who is co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, … Read more
Older people, friends and carers are invited to a “mindful walk” with music and poetry in the Oxford University Parks on Tuesday March 1st. A joint venture by Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN) and the university’s Gardens, Libraries & Museums (GLAM), the walk celebrates the work of Robert Burton, 16th century author of the Anatomy … Read more
Staff at a care home run by the Abbeyfield Society celebrated Valentine’s Day “sharing the love” in their local community by giving out gifts. Speedwell Court sits at the heart of Southampton’s West End, where staff at the dementia-friendly home for 80 residents have been encouraged to create personalised gifts for older people living nearby. … Read more
People with two or more chronic health issues in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, according to research from University College London published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The more severe the illnesses, the stronger the link seems to be, and for those with more than two conditions the risk … Read more
Professor Dawn Brooker received her MBE, awarded in the 2021 New Year’s Honours, at Windsor Castle last week. Princess Anne took charge of the MBE investiture, where Dawn reports that the princess was “very happy talking about dementia”. Dawn is director of the Association of Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, and a long-standing member of … Read more