Working with Dementia Network Plus is being launched on 26 February 2025. Working with Dementia Network Plus aims to address social and financial inequalities for those affected by dementia in employment. The Working with Dementia Network Plus team want to build a network of people to support their work including those with lived experience of…
The Longitude Prize on Dementia has announced its finalists. They are: All of the finalists will work with people with lived experience to ensure solutions are co-created. The winner will be announced in early 2026 and receive £1m. Find out more about the finalists here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2024-10-15/five-longitude-prize-dementia-finalists-include-ai-glasses-and-sensors-predict Find out more about the Longitude Prize on Dementia here:…
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has put out a call for abstracts for presentations at its annual conference in Krakow, Poland, in 2024. ADI’s 36th Global Conference runs from 24-26 April and is subtitled “Dementia: Insights, Innovations and Inspirations.” Both scientific and non-scientific abstracts are welcomed around the seven action areas of the World Health Organisation…
Greater Manchester is to become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia, hosted by Manchester Camerata. Funding for three years, totalling over £1m, has been awarded by the Power of Music Fund (established by the National Academy for Social Prescribing, the Utley Foundation and Arts Council England), Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and NHS Greater…
The annual Margaret Butterworth Award has been given a new lease of life by NAPA (National Activity Providers Association), which is taking over the Award for front line staff in health and social care. Butterworth died in 2002 but colleagues established the Award in her memory to recognise the work of health care assistants, activity…
The Lewy Body Society has used World Lewy Body Day https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/second-annual-world-lewy-body-day-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-lbd to ask people to sign their Lewy List petition. Jacqui Cannon, CEO of The Lewy Body Society, says: “Lewy body dementia is the most common form of dementia in older people after Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the vast number of people living with the condition,…
