An American real estate investment company, Welltower, has bought up Barchester Healthcare as well as HC-One assets, in deal worth over £6 billion. Barchester has over 260 care homes across the UK. The purchase is considered one of the largest care home deals globally. …
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…
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…
Memory Makers, a new UK social-purpose organisation, has officially launched its pilot scheme to help care homes capture residents’ stories, voices and lived experience in a way that fits real care environments. The organisation, which is initially launching within the care sector but with plans to roll out in a community and domestic setting…...
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…
A new resource has been launched to help people living with dementia to feel more confident when speaking to their doctors and healthcare professionals about their medicines. Described as a ‘conversation starter’, the PRIME tool (Preparing people living with dementia to initiate conversations about their medicines) has been co-designed as part of the KIND program…
Following the launch of ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ in early 2025 (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/care-uk-share-dementia-advice-as-part-of-their-big-conversation), Care UK has relaunched this awareness-raising campaign and released a new guide entitled, ‘Staying connected: A guide to dementia-friendly conversations’. The guide features advice on communication when a loved one has dementia. Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia and…