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,…
A study published in Neurology has shown a link between engaging in cognitively enriching activities – such as reading, writing and learning languages – and slower cognitive decline, including an association with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers examined cognitive enrichment – including access to atlases and newspapers in childhood and having library…
Following Carers UK’s relaunch of Carers Active (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/carers-uk-to-relaunch-carers-active), it has been announced that 15 April 2026 will be ‘Carers Active Together’, a day to support unpaid carers to be physically active. Carers UK are urging employers, charities, sports clubs, leisure centres and community groups across the UK to plan an…
Researchers working on The FTDtoolkit and The ON-FIRE Study are looking for people with personal experiences of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to participate in their work. The FTDtoolkit are recruiting carers supporting a family member with frontotemporal dementia to help shape The FTDtoolkit, which is an online tool designed to support FTD carers. Find out more…
The NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC) has funded 9 projects from its second call. The £2.8m of newly funded projects include specific work relating to dementia: There are also projects that could potentially relate to people with dementia, including: Professor Martin Knapp, Director of the NIHR…