Birthday kiss: Love Island fan Marion Cleak, who lives at Brownscombe Care Residences in Surrey, found herself starring in her own version of the hit TV show. Staff arranged a Love Island themed 75th birthday party, including service of drinks and nibbles by a well-toned “butler in the buff”. “That was a very cheeky surprise from the staff, but it made my day so memorable,” Marion said.
The European Reminiscence Network has announced a new 2-day training course and 4-month apprenticeship scheme in reminiscence arts in dementia care – in partnership with the University of Greenwich. This opportunity will be of interest to arts practitioners, community arts workers, oral historians, occupational and arts therapists, group workers, reminiscence practitioners, and staff from health…
Family man: When Phil, aged 85, lost his wife Friedl after caring for her for years, he found himself at a loose end until housing and care charity Brunelcare recruited him as a community support worker three times a week. “I told Brunelcare they were the only family I had and they offered me a…
A new photographic exhibition intends to spark conversations about how society supports, respects and includes people who live with memory problems. Participants in the NIHR-funded APPLE-Tree dementia risk study, led by Queen Mary University of London and ILC-UK, collaborated with photographer and artist Sukey Parnell-Johnson to make and curate the public exhibition, at the Holy…
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has given a ‘not upheld’ ruling on the Alzheimer’s Society’s advert ‘The Long Goodbye’. The ASA received 235 complaints that the advert was excessively distressing, offensive and irresponsible. In response, the ruling says: “Alzheimer’s Society said that they were conscious from the outset that a campaign about the realities of dementia…
Palliative and End of Life Care Statutory Guidance has been published by NHS England for new integrated care boards (ICBs). It sets out the duties of ICBs, highlighting that palliative care should be a multi-agency activity and that it should be provided by the right professional at the right time. “No single provider can provide…
Following the announcement in January that there will be an independent commission into adult social care chaired by Baroness Louise Casey (we reported on this here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/uk-government-announce-casey-commission-into-adult-social-care), the UK Government has now published the Terms of Reference for the Commission. You can read the Terms of Reference here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference Commenting on the Terms of Reference,…