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.
Proposals for reforming social care have been set out in what the government describes as an “ambitious 10-year vision” based on person-centred care. The White Paper, People at the Heart of Care, outlines how the government expects £1.7 billion of its previously announced additional funding for social care to be spent on “major improvements” across…
Dementia charity Music for my Mind says its Playlist Maker now includes YouTube as an option for listening to personalised playlists. It is already possible to listen on Spotify, but the charity says the YouTube option is free and easy to set up and navigate. To create a playlist, users begin by answering a questionnaire…
PREDICTOM, an international research project on early dementia detection, is looking for secondary and tertiary care physicians to share their clinical experiences of diagnosing and supporting people who present with potential dementia symptoms. The aim of PREDICTOM is to improve clinical practice guidelines and understand implementation barriers and enablers. The PREDICTOM survey will take around…
The Ageing and Dementia Research Centre at Bournemouth University are looking for care home managers, staff and volunteers to share their experiences of using digital technology to interact with people who have dementia and are living in care homes. The definition list of technology for this survey is quite broad and includes using tablets, smartphones,…
A new book, titled “Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain,” aims to combine the latest scientific findings about Alzheimer’s disease with the authors’ own experience of caring for parents with dementia. The book, by medical doctor Emily Clionsky and neuropsychologist Mitchell Clionsky, is designed as a practical guide to dementia risk and…
Scottish Opera has revived its Memory Spinners project, which has been suspended during the pandemic, to bring music and art to people with dementia. In weekly sessions designed to engage people with dementia, taking place at St Columba’s church in Glasgow and the Byre in St Andrews, rehearsals and visual arts activities build towards a…