A 10-year dementia strategy setting out a long-term vision for change has been published by the Scottish Government. The strategy, titled “Everyone’s Story”, promises to address thorny issues like long waits for a diagnosis, consistent access to good quality post-diagnostic support, well-coordinated care and support, and access to palliative care. Implementation of the strategy will…
Artist Willy Gilder’s Self Portrait with Alzheimer’s has won a prize in an art competition run by The Edinburgh Practice together with Alzheimer Scotland. Willy says: “It was painted shortly after diagnosis and represents an amount of confusion”.
A toolkit to help care staff in the housing sector give a better quality of life to people as they approach the end of their lives has won recognition in an awards ceremony this month. The inaugural Housing with Care Awards, run by Care Talk magazine, saw housing with care provider Octavia win the Workforce…
Most local authorities are not confident that they can meet minimum social care support requirements set in law, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has said. In its annual Spring Survey, released on 21 June, ADASS said that waiting lists for social care remained far too high and could rise again next…
Dementia care to meet the needs of a wide range of ethnic groups is the focus of a new guide from NHS England. Titled Intercultural dementia care: A guide for health and care workers and written in collaboration with Alzheimer Europe, it draws on the experience and knowledge of experts and builds on previous reports…
A charity specialising in medical ID jewellery, which is working with the police to trace and support people with dementia who become lost, is offering first year membership free. MedicAlert UK has launched the “Safe & Found” programme in the UK, in which the charity holds a copy of the Herbert Protocol Form containing a…
Young Dementia Network (YDN) members have been urged to take part in a consultation with the government on its proposed Major Conditions Strategy, a five year strategy for dementia and other conditions like cancer and mental ill-health. YDN chair Tessa Gutteridge has written to members calling on them to participate so that young onset dementia…
Worcester University researcher Rosemary Davies, who is a qualified counsellor, is looking for research participants with mild to moderate dementia to assist her with her project at the Association for Dementia Studies. She hopes volunteers will contribute to the aims of her research, which are to improve counselling for those with a recent diagnosis by…
Care home residents’ favourite recipes are contained in a new book called Nellsar Care and Cookery, which has been published online as a “celebration of person-centred catering, nutritional support and seasonal recipes” (see photo). The cookbook is a collection of 28 recipes favoured by residents at the family run care group Nellsar, based in the…
A nurse-led young onset dementia service in Northamptonshire will be highlighted in a webinar on 21 June. The younger persons with dementia team in the county will lead the webinar, which will show how what they describe as their unique model provides the continuity of support needed by people on the diagnostic pathway. Questions to…