Bailey Greetham-Clark, founder of Be Great Fitness and a Care England Ambassador, has interviewed Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock to answer the question: What will social care look like in the next 10 years? The interview includes: You can watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/jKSpM1dCDSA?si=I7vH3wevngiHKQTR
Alzheimer Scotland has proposed a new assessment process after the Scottish Medicines Consortium reviewed further evidence on donanemab and continued to reject its use by NHS Scotland. Henry Simmonds, Alzheimer Scotland’s Chief Executive, says: “This demonstrates the urgent need for change in the system used to assess dementia drugs if we have any hope of…
The DACHA study (Developing research resources and minimum data set for care homes’ adoption) led by the University of Hertfordshire – in collaboration with 10 other universities and senior partners – has shown how a minimum dataset (MDS) prototype can be used to support the planning, delivery and evaluation of care in care homes. Currently,…
A study published in Brain Sciences has assessed Sir Terry Pratchett’s 33 Discworld novels to determine how his use of language changed over time. Researchers from Loughborough University examined the ‘lexical density’ of nouns and adjectives in the books to see how they changed. The researchers concluded that the 22nd book in the Discworld series,…
Alzheimer Europe has published a report entitled: ‘The Prevalence of Dementia in Europe 2025’. The report provides updated prevalence figures for the number of people living with dementia across Europe and breaks this down by each European country. Overall, it estimates that the number of people living with dementia by 2050 will increase by 58%…
The National Dignity Council has launched a free, interactive Dignity Calendar. The calendar, which is aimed at care providers, is intended to help services plan and promote dignity‑in‑care initiatives. It includes national awareness days, practical activity ideas and prompts to support person‑centred care, staff learning and quality‑improvement work. You can find the calendar here: https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/calendar/…
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…