Author: Community Team

The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) is looking for participants for an online focus group to help shape the future of intergenerational activities in care homes. The experiences, ideas and perspectives shared during the focus group will help shape NAPA’s new National Intergenerational Engagement Standards for Care Homes (that we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/programme-launched-to-develop-intergenerational-engagement-standards-for-care-homes). NAPA…

Police Scotland are seeking feedback on digitising the Herbert Protocol to move away from paper forms and use a digital platform for storing details of people with dementia. The consultation survey, which Police Scotland are particularly keen to have completed by people living with dementia and family carers, can be found here: https://consult.scotland.police.uk/strategy-insight-and-innovation/herbert-protocol/ The survey…

The Care Workers’ Charity has launched their 2026 Wellbeing Survey. The survey is designed to capture the real-life experiences, challenges, and needs of care workers. Feedback gathered will shape policy decisions and future initiatives from The Care Workers’ Charity to support the care workforce. Participation is welcomed from care workers across roles, including care assistants,…

A fashion collection entitled ‘Remember me Knot’ is on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, designed by Midlothian Art and Fashion teacher Nadia Pinkney.  Nadia’s collection was created for her fashion degree at Heriot Watt University in 2016, inspired by wanting to know more about Alzheimer’s disease after her great-grandmother and grandmother had…

ITV’s This Morning has featured Gail Gregory and Julie Hayden, who live with dementia and are members of Dementia UK’s Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), in a segment of the programme entitled ‘The dementia rebels refusing to be defined by their diagnosis’. Gail and Julie shared their experiences of dementia with presenters Ben Shephard and…

Dementia UK has teamed up with Marc Cananur, a former police detective turned security expert and TV presenter, to share information on protecting people with dementia from scams. Advice shared includes: Marc says: “Criminals are aware that people living with dementia can be more susceptible to scams, and are willing to exploit these vulnerabilities to…

Dementia Carers Count has teamed up with Bladder and Bowel UK to highlight the impact bladder and bowel problems can have on people living with dementia and family carers. Bladder and Bowel UK’s Continence Nurse Specialist Alison Wileman says: “Bladder and bowel changes can feel like a huge turning point – but they don’t have…

The UK Government has sent a letter to Baroness Casey to update her on progress with her adult social care reform recommendations, including her call for urgent action on dementia care (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/baroness-casey-speech-highlights-urgent-need-for-reform-of-dementia-care). The letter from the Department of Health and Social Care updated Baroness Casey on the progress that has…

A peer-reviewed article has been published in the US journal PLOS One (Public Library of Science) setting out the findings of the University of York study into the Good Life with Dementia course. Entitled ‘The Good Life with Dementia approach: A realist-informed qualitative study of a peer-tutored course, co-produced with and for people living with…

Share and Care Homeshare CIC, the largest homeshare organisation in the UK, has marked their 20th anniversary with the release of their 2026 Impact Report. The report highlights how for 51% of people, dementia and memory loss is a key reason for a homeshare arrangement, with other reasons including reduced mobility (25%), eyesight problems (9%),…