Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) has launched a Choice and Control Hub for social care. The Hub is intended to help professionals: TLAP say: “Choice and control in social care is about people having real power to make decisions about their own lives. That means moving away from services making decisions for people and instead…
NICHE-Leeds (Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds) has launched the NICHE-Leeds Virtual Care Home. NICHE-Leeds was established in 2018 for care homes and researchers to work as equal partners, based on a Living Lab model. The Virtual Care Home is an illustrated, fictional home where staff, residents, and researchers collaborate to drive improvement….
Dementia UK has launched a film with two young people talking about their experiences of being young carers. The film features Izzy and Cici, who talk openly and honestly about their experiences of being young carers as a result of their dads’ living with young onset dementia. You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/Hpz_Cd2edy8?si=4acaGGsSusGbpqzP Alongside…
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published a new series of key messages on dementia and brain health. The messages have been developed to provide BGS members and multidisciplinary colleagues with information that can help to support older people’s healthcare. Read the BGS dementia and brain health key messages here: https://www.bgs.org.uk/bgs-key-messages-dementia-and-brain-health
Expressions of Interest are being sought from health care professionals and industry leaders whose clinical interventions and technological innovations can contribute to the delivery of the NHS Fit for the Future – Dementia Challenge. The R&D MAP Health Mission team are looking for clinical interventions and technological innovations that will shorten time to diagnosis, enhance…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has partnered with Dementia Research UK to enable DCC to further raise awareness of the help, support and information they provide to dementia carers. Dementia Research UK say: “Through our funding, we’re helping Dementia Carers Count reach more of the 700,000 families caring for someone living with dementia in the UK,…
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,…
‘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…
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…