A resource pack to support shared reading for people with dementia has been launched by Queen’s University Belfast and Dementia NI. The resource pack is designed to help individuals and organisations to set up and facilitate shared reading groups tailored to people living with dementia. Typically, these reading groups would involve reading a short story…
Care England, in partnership with PLMR (a PR and Public Affairs agency), has published a report entitled ‘The Power of Care: the system behind our society’. The report looks at the role of social care, the challenges the sector is facing, and how to create the right conditions for consistent, high-quality social care. It includes…
Dementia UK has published the programme for their 2026 Summer School. Running from 7-10 July 2026, the Summer School is a free annual event aimed at improving practice in and knowledge of dementia care. Topics being covered in 2026 are diverse and include rarer types of dementia, Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia, supporting people from…
The Yorkshire Soap Company has collaborated with residents at Anchor’s Springfield Care Home to create a dementia support soap collection. The packaging for the collection, which is being promoted as ‘Inspired by memory, made with love’, features hand-drawn designs created and chosen by Springfield Care Home residents who have enjoyed months of art classes to…
The Alzheimer’s Society has published reports entitled ‘Unlocking the door to diagnosis’ and ‘Unlocking the door to treatment’. The reports, which the Alzheimer’s Society describe as a ‘one of a kind analysis’ include Alzheimer’s Society research, clinical perspectives and data, and insight from people with lived experience of dementia. The reports document how people diagnosed…
The Association for Dementia Studies (ADS) at the University of Worcester has launched surveys to explore dementia in the haulage industry. ADS are hoping to carry out a project exploring issues such as: Participants are being sought who are: The survey links are as follows:
Empowered Conversations are running a project to evaluate their 6-week course that focuses on helping to improve communication and relationships for family carers of people living with dementia. To take part you should be over 18, a current family carer for a person with dementia, and be providing emotional or practical support weekly or more…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has shared a film about financial support for carers. The film features Jack Gillis, DCC’s Advice and Advocacy Manager, explaining what benefits carers are entitled to and how to apply for support. Jack says: “It is important to get advice early as we can help you to understand the benefits support…
Join Dementia Research (JDR) has announced that they’ve reached a milestone of 100,000+ volunteers. JDR is an NHS service run in partnership with several charities that enables dementia researchers to find study participants more quickly. Signing up is free and doesn’t commit those who register to participating in any studies. Join Dementia Research say: “Research…
A review of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease drugs has been published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. Entitled ‘Alzheimer’s disease drug development pipeline: 2026’, this is the latest annual review from Dr Jeffrey Cummings, from the University of Nevada, who has published reviews for the past decade that look at clinical…