Jo Glanville has shared her experiences of reading to her parents with dementia, describing it as ‘the key to breaking through the fog’. Jo’s article was published in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/reading-key-breaking-through-fog-parents-dementia and in it she says of her father’s dementia: “There appears to be some kind of motor in the brain that enables us to…
Care Voices – A collaboration between The Care Workers’ Charity (The CWC) and Providers Unite – has been launched. Care Voices brings together care workers, people who draw on care and care providers in a national initiative designed to strengthen communication, community, and collective advocacy across the social and health care workforce. Care Voices is…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge are investigating if Neuromelanin Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NM-MRI) can help to diagnose Lewy body dementia. Neuromelanin Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NM-MRI) looks at brain cells that contain a dark coloured pigment called neuromelanin. Neuromelanin is found in two areas of the brain, the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus, which are…
A report has been published by NIHR Policy Research Unit Dementia and Neurodegeneration University of Exeter entitled ‘Managing care challenges related to lack of awareness in the person with dementia: Report of a stakeholder consultation’. Written by Dr Catherine Alexander, the report examines challenges when a person with dementia is being cared for at home…
The King’s Fund – with support from Roche – has launched a project entitled ‘Leveraging Innovation to Support Care Closer to Home’. The project will run for two-and-a-half-years and will aim to identify and examine different innovations that reduce reliance on hospital-based care and improve patient outcomes and experiences. The project will consider innovations across…
Dementia Disco are providing free discos in the North West of England. Currently operating in Cheadle Hulme, Heaton Mersey, Merton, Poynton and Seahouses, the free discos are held at weekends and are for people living with dementia, carers, family and friends. The discos aim to use music to inspire memories, conversations and friendships between people…
Chelsea Owens, who is conducting a clinical doctorate research study at the University of Liverpool, is looking for participants with young onset dementia to interview about their experiences of navigating employment. Participants should be currently employed, looking for work or have been employed within the past three years. Interviews will take 40-60 minutes via telephone…
Alzheimer Europe has published the ‘Dementia in Europe Yearbook 2025’. The Yearbook provides an overview of programmes and resources relating to transport and access to cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport across Europe. It details how European countries address transport and cultural participation through national policies, schemes and local initiatives, as well as outlining the…
Skills for Care has published a joint position statement on the contribution adult social care can make to the Neighbourhood Health Service in England. The statement, published on behalf of the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England Oversight Executive which represents organisations including Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK and the Care Provider Alliance, identifies…
A study published by Cambridge University Press has shown that the menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease. The Cambridge University study analysed data from 125,000 women and looked at the impact of menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on mental health, cognitive function, and brain structure….