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….
The Alzheimer’s Society has published data showing that almost a third of people aged 65 and over who are fit to be discharged from hospital are remaining as inpatients for at least three weeks longer than necessary, with this almost 29,000 people (in one year) believed to have dementia. The figures come from NHS England…
BBC Songs of Praise are looking to speak to carers who are based in the North East of England, who might like to share their story as part of an episode honouring those who care for others. The team would particularly like to hear from people who care for a loved one living with dementia, and who…
The University of Bournemouth’s ‘Waiting Well’ project – in collaboration with Help and Care who provide Dorset’s Dementia Coordinator Service – is being showcased through an exhibition and the publication of free resources. Researchers on the Waiting Well project examined carer support needs prior to a dementia diagnosis against the backdrop of the often long…
The Lewy Body Society has opened the call for applications to their 2026 grant round. Funding is available for all types of research into dementia with Lewy bodies, including health and social care, clinical and biomedical research, PhD studentships and Postdoctoral Fellowships. Applications should increase understanding of Lewy body dementia as well as improving care…