A report has been published entitled ‘Unlocking Dementia Prevention: The Role of Technology in Supporting Brain Health’. The report is the result of a collaboration between the Alzheimer’s Society, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing and the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance. It draws on insights from…
A report has been published by University College London (UCL) entitled ‘Breaking the cycle of hospital admissions in people with dementia’. The report draws on evidence from 77 papers and 1.48 million participants and is described as ‘the most comprehensive review of dementia hospitalisations ever undertaken in the UK’. It documents that delayed discharges, lack…
Equadem Network Plus are hosting a free workshop on Thursday 8th October 2026 entitled ‘What is research and how to get involved?’. The workshop is aimed at health and social care practitioners and people with dementia and carers. As part of the event, Equadem Network Plus – a national network running from 2024-2029 to bring…
The Scarf for Lewy event, which has been running since 2022, is coming to Scotland for the first time. The event will take place at Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Monday 19th April 2027. Before then, anyone able to knit or crochet a scarf is being invited to do so – scarves should be 30cm…
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has published a report entitled ‘No second chances: What Complaints Teach Us About End of Life Care’. The report draws on what the Ombudsman has learnt from investigating complaints about end of life care in adult social care. It documents common problems the Ombudsman has noted from complaints…
Theatre Re’s ‘The Nature of Forgetting’ is coming to London, Jersey, Leicester, Hertford and China this autumn. The play tells the story of Tom, a middle-aged father who is living with young onset dementia. As he prepares for his 55th birthday party Tom’s memories come flooding back, with the play described as ‘profoundly moving’. 2026…
A study published by Frontiers in Neurology has shown how ‘Musical Museum’ concerts help to improve emotional wellbeing, cognitive stimulation and social isolation for people with dementia. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago evaluated the ‘Musical Museum’ concert series – developed by the Northwestern Music and Medicine Program (NMMP) in Chicago – which combines live…
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published a report entitled ‘How care inequities shape social care experiences’. The report documents inequities in the amount of work people must do to access, secure, coordinate, and sustain social care, showing that factors like disability, income, where people live, ethnicity, age and gender all affect the…
The Alzheimer’s Society has published data from a survey of more than 1,000 adults across England that shows demand for dementia to be made a national healthcare priority is high with 81% of those surveyed wanting this. Currently England doesn’t have a National Dementia Strategy (the last strategy was published in February 2009 and followed…
Age UK has published a report entitled ‘The Longest Wait to Leave: Tackling the delayed discharges that help to drive corridor care’. The report documents how older people can experience harm at every stage of their journey into, through and out of hospital due to delays in waiting for an ambulance, during their time in…