Food for the Brain has launched a global research project to find the most effective dementia prevention interventions. The project is headed by Oxford University-trained neuroscientist Dr Tommy Wood, Associate Professor at the University of Washington, and aims to gather data from over 20 million people – a million each from the UK, Germany and…
‘A Divided Kingdom: Steps Towards Intergenerational Solidarity’ has been launched by Intergenerational England. This report makes the case for embedding intergenerational practice across sectors, from education and housing to health and workforce, and includes dementia care examples from general practice and community-based dementia cafes. Find out more and download the report here: https://www.intergenerationalengland.org/adividedkingdom
A film produced by the University of Sheffield in partnership with charity Age UK has been launched. Entitled ‘Living with Young-Onset Dementia: Our Music, Our Voice’, it features people living with young-onset dementia talking about their experiences and interactions with music, as well as exploring tools and technologies to support the enjoyment of music. The…
‘DomCare – The Benefits and Costs of Domiciliary Care’ study, a 3-year project funded by the NIHR Policy Research Programme, is looking for participants. Researchers are seeking homecare agencies or housing with care schemes in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, the East Midlands, or Yorkshire & Humber to help with data collection. Their goal is to understand…
A new title has been added to the Reconsidering Dementia series: ‘Living with Dementia Reconsidered’. Published by McGraw Hill and written by Linda Clare, Catherine Charlwood, Catherine Quinn and Christina Victor, it is a co-produced publication that shares research findings from a decade of the IDEAL programme. It also includes a dementia manifesto call to…
DementiaNet, a new online platform created to support people living with dementia and those who care for them, has been launched. It’s been developed from research and lived experience – two of the three founders of DementiaNet, Brian Schur and Hugh McGouran, have personal experience of dementia – and aims to provide user-friendly, personalised online…
BBC Morning Live has featured Gail Gregory and George Rook talking about their experiences of living with dementia and journaling/blogging. Dementia Diaries was also highlighted, with Steve Milton explaining what Dementia Diaries is. You can view the programme here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002cd30/morning-live-series-7-23052025 (Fast forward to 1 hour into the programme) Find out more about Dementia Diaries here:…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has published a report with the findings from their 2025 Wellbeing Survey. The survey had over 2000 responses from care workers across the UK. Most notably around dementia care, the majority of care workers said they were supporting older people with a dementia diagnosis. The report documents care workers’ thoughts…
Cambridgeshire police has launched a Dementia Safeguarding Scheme. The scheme will see the force issuing hundreds of people with dementia a yellow Herbert Protocol wristband that looks similar to a watch but has built-in smart technology. The technology, known as Near Field Communication (NFC), enables anyone with a smartphone to scan the wristband to help…
Dementia UK has followed up the first series of their ‘My life with dementia’ podcast (which we covered here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/my-life-with-dementia-podcast) with a second series. Now hosted by charity ambassador and award-winning journalist and podcaster Marianne Jones (series one was hosted by actor Jim Broadbent), the podcast features personal experiences of dementia. Each story episode is followed…