The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Rare Dementia Support, and Dyscover have called on the Government and NHS England to reinstate the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN)’s speech and language therapy (SLT) service, which closed in 2023. In their letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,…
Wellcome, a charitable foundation focused on health research, has announced a targeted funding programme for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to stay in research and advance their careers. From their data and insight work Wellcome have identified these groups as underrepresented, and they are keen to encourage the diversity of…
The Alzheimer’s Society have shared information on their research plans for 2024. These include: More investment in dementia research Progress with the Blood Biomarker Challenge (find out more about the Blood Biomarker Challenge here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/blood-biomarker-challenge-for-dementia-diagnosis) Work on new Alzheimer’s disease drug approval A research nurses project Combatting inequalities around dementia Progress with the Longitude Prize…
The Dementia Translational Collaboration Trials Network, an initiative run by The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has received £49.9 million in government funding to set up new dementia research sites across the UK to enable more people to take part in early phase clinical trials. The Dementia Translational Collaboration Trials Network will…
Alzheimer’s Society are looking for an experienced dementia researcher who wants to achieve research independence with their Dementia Research Leader Fellowship. The successful applicant will need to have several years of proven research ability behind them, and the ambition and skill to conduct excellent quality and innovative research, build a positive research culture, and drive…
Making It Real – a set of co-produced statements that describe what good care and support looks like – has a new website. The new website includes all of the Making It Real themes and all of the statements within them, plus an explainer video that shows what Making it Real is all about. There…
Bradford University are looking for people with a role in or awareness of adult social care planning, provision, management or commissioning to help develop recommendations to improve social care for people with young onset dementia as part of their DYNAMIC Study. Find out more and complete the DYNAMIC survey here: https://bradford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/social-care-planning-and-provision-for-people-with-young-o-2
A study published in JAMA Neurology has increased the evidence that blood tests could be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease in the future. A blood test that detects ‘p-tau217’, a form of the protein tau (a hallmark protein of Alzheimer’s disease), has been seen to be as accurate as a standard lumber puncture in a…
Animals in Hands, a mobile zoo, are one of many organisations bringing unusual visitors into care homes for residents to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits of animal therapy. Animals in Hands was set up by former zookeeper Mo Safeer, who is known as the ‘Animal Man’. His care home visits include Royal Star…
Pioneer of sensory awareness in dementia care, vision and hearing, Dr Julie Christie, died suddenly on 15 January 2024. Journal of Dementia Care editor Sue Benson said: “Julie was an inspiring keynote speaker at our JDC conferences in Scotland. She positively influenced many over her career, and was well-known for her unstinting passion and work…