Career move: Marking Carers Week in June, Tony Davidson Cowen told how he gave up his job to become a full-time carer for his mum Maureen (both pictured), who has Alzheimer’s. Tony, who had to move from Manchester to Melling in Lancashire, says there are good days and bad days. “Sometimes it helps to step back from the situation, take a breath and look at the bigger picture,” he says.
A new project estimating the prevalence of dementia diagnosis by ethnic group is keen to consult Integrated Care Board (ICB) stakeholders to inform their work. The project is looking to produce prevalence estimates for people with a formal dementia diagnosis, broken down by broad ethnic group. It is being funded through the EquaDem Network, which…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that it is beginning the development of a dementia strategy. CQC say this will be a cross-sector strategy that will be shaped by a central question – how can CQC use its role to improve the experience of using health and social care services for people living with…
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson has presented the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to Dementia-friendly Alton. The ceremony took place at Alton Community Centre, the home of the Memory Lane Club, earlier in December. It was rescheduled from September following the death of the Queen.
As the temperature soared passed 40 degrees in some parts of the UK last week, Alzheimer’s Society published a blog on how to support somebody living with dementia in hot weather. Dehydration is a common challenge for older people, especially those living with dementia, the blog warns. Memory problems make it easy to forget to…
NHS England has published data for the first time that shows the diagnosis figures for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Since 2023 the NHS has published figures for how many people have a sub-type diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and mixed dementias. The latest NHS primary care dementia figures for…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia is investigating what people affected by dementia want from the social care workforce so that they can live well. MPs and Peers on the APPG are particularly keen to explore specialist needs of people with dementia and what the barriers are to accessing care tailored to these needs….