‘Patching the Puncture’, the sequel to Peter Berry and Deb Bunt’s bestselling ‘Slow Puncture’, has been published by The Book Guild. ‘Patching the Puncture’ spans the five years since ‘Slow Puncture’ was published and offers an insight into Peter and Deb’s evolving experiences with dementia and their friendship. Deb says: “As well as wanting to…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) are calling on the government to set up pilot trials for dementia treatments. Pilot trials would provide new medicines through selected NHS clinics to understand how these medicines could be used in practice whilst gathering evidence on their use. ARUK point out that other areas of medicine, including oncology and cardiology,…
Championing Social Care has announced that the 2026 Care Home Open Week will run from 15-21 June 2026 with a World Cup football theme. Care homes are being encouraged to showcase accessible, inclusive football-themed games that bring residents, staff, families and local communities together. Suggested activities include walking football, sitting football, blow football using straws,…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has renewed their commitment to the Drug Discovery Alliance (DDA) for another five years and pledged a £45million investment in the DDA. ARUK originally launched the Drug Discovery Alliance in 2015 to unite the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and University College London (UCL) and enable them to turn more early‑stage scientific…
Care England has partnered with Log my Care to publish a new report entitled, ‘What shapes family confidence in care’. The report examines how care providers communicate digitally with families about the care their relative receives, and the gap between what families want and what care providers are currently offering. It includes results from a…
BBC Morning Live has run an item on their programme entitled: ‘Missing with dementia’. The item was inspired by research University College London (UCL) are doing, building on work from the University of East Anglia, that relates to people with dementia going missing. BBC Morning Live quoted a statistic that 70% of people with dementia…
Marco Brigiano, a psychologist and PhD researcher from the Università di Bologna and currently a visiting researcher at the University of Liverpool, is conducting an international study on stigma, social health, and help-seeking behaviours amongst people living with dementia. The study is exploring the impact of stigma on people living with dementia and their caregivers,…
‘Art for a Cause’, The Care Workers’ Charity’s annual creative challenge, has returned for an 8th year. Art for a Cause is open to care workers across the UK and is intended to celebrate care workers’ imagination, talent and lived experiences. The theme for 2026 is ‘Strength & Resilience’, and many different examples of art…
Join Dementia Research, the service that connects volunteers to dementia research opportunities, has turned 11 years old. Delivered by the NIHR in partnership with Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Alzheimer’s Society, Join Dementia Research – which began in 2015 – has helped 110,000 volunteers take part in dementia research and supported researchers to recruit…
Race Against Dementia, alongside the University of Oxford and the UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation, has launched a clinical trial as part of their study into whether ultrasound waves could help treat symptoms of Lewy body dementia and potentially improve cognitive functioning in people with Lewy body dementia. Dr Ashwini Oswal, who is leading the trial,…