The Department for Health and Social Care has published its Neighbourhood Health Framework policy paper for England. In the Framework, Neighbourhood Health is defined as follows: “Neighbourhood Health puts the person at the centre of how we deliver their health and care by organising services so they can work together to serve a defined population….
The Alzheimer’s Society has announced their Accelerator and Launchpad partners for 2026. The Accelerator and Launchpad programmes are designed to support innovative products and solutions that address challenges people with dementia experience. Accelerator partners have investment and business support for 12 months to help progress their innovations, whilst Launchpad partners have a 6-12 month support…
A study has been published by the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) exploring the use of restrictive practices in the everyday care of people living with dementia in English hospitals. Researchers from the University of West London analysed 225 days of ethnographic observation across nine NHS wards in England alongside more than…
Unpaid carers of people with a rarer dementia are wanted for a research study being conducted by Charlotte Marsden at the University of Liverpool. Charlotte is looking to find out if a diagnosis of a rarer dementia was delayed by another diagnosis. It’s known that rarer dementias can be challenging to diagnose and the associated…
A study published in JAMA Network Open has suggested that detecting a blood-based biomarker could predict the risk of dementia in women up to 25 years before symptoms begin. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of California San Diego, showed that higher levels of p-tau217 (a protein linked to the brain changes seen…
The Sam Beckman Choir, a dementia choir in North London, has written, composed and professionally recorded an original song that they’ve released as a single entitled ‘A new beginning’. The choir worked with music and healthcare practitioner Edmund Jeffrey for a year to create their song during their weekly music sessions. All of the choir…
The Scottish government has passed ‘Anne’s Law’ to give care home residents legal rights to visits from a designated loved one. The law is named after Anne Duke, a woman with dementia who died in November 2021 after being separated from her family during the Covid-19 pandemic and follows a campaign by Anne’s daughter. Anne’s…
Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) has launched an Asset Based Commissioning Hub. Asset-based commissioning looks at the strengths, skills and relationships people and communities already have and builds on those to shape the care and support that’s provided. The Hub is intended to help professionals: As well as providing tools, examples and ideas to boost…
The King’s Fund has published a report entitled ‘Not my priority: how the public sees social care (and what can be done about it)’. The report explores what the public thinks about adult social care, the implications these views have on reform, and details suggestions to change the perceptions of adult social care. It includes…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has launched ‘Centring Care Workers: A Guide’. The guide, which was co-produced with the CWC Care Worker Advisory Board, is intended to help organisations and leaders to engage meaningfully with care workers by providing practical approaches to involving care workers in decision-making, service design and policy development. Karolina Gerlich, CEO…