Alive, a charity providing a range of life-enhancing activities for older people, has published their Impact Report for 2024-2025. Alive say: “What a year it’s been for Alive. As always, we’ve continued to bring joy to thousands of older people – both in care homes and throughout the community. We celebrated our 15 Year Anniversary…
A new study – The Auditory Biomarkers of Healthy Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease (ABHAD) study – being conducted by Dr Jenna Littlejohn from the University of Manchester and Dr Ross Dunne from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, is investigating the link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease. The study is aiming to find…
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a report entitled: ‘Caring about Health’. The report looks at the health outcomes of adults using social care services and how the system can have a more active role in health improvement. The report includes five recommendations, including one that relates to dementia: “Direct care worker…
The Nuffield Trust has published a report entitled, ‘All or nothing? Access and variation in NHS Continuing Healthcare’. In the report, data on NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) eligibility, assessments and spending, alongside the views of people working in health and social care, are explored. Key findings include: Rachel Hutchings, Nuffield Trust Fellow, says: “For people…
The Lewy Body Society has used World Alzheimer’s Month to highlight ongoing challenges around diagnosis for people with Lewy body dementia symptoms. The Lewy Body Society say that in England up to 110,000 people are estimated to have Lewy Body dementia yet only 15,000 are recorded with a diagnosis. Jacqui Cannon, Chief Executive of The…
The fourth edition of the My Future Care Handbook has been published. The My Future Care Handbook is an interactive publication that guides users through decisions about their wellbeing, future care, end of life and beyond. From the first edition to this latest one, it has been informed by both professionals and people with lived…
The NHS App has introduced a family access feature, enabling users to add other profiles to their app account to manage the health needs of relatives they are caring for who are registered at the same GP practice. Verification checks are done through national NHS systems and via the GP practice before access is granted….
Age UK has published ‘The State of Health and Care of Older People in England 2025’. This, the tenth yearly edition of this report, reveals declining health amongst older people, unequal access to services, and growing pressures on unpaid carers and frontline staff. Dementia is mentioned in the report, most notably in Chapter 2.1.5. Caroline…
‘Magical Musical Memories’, an interactive book containing the musical memories of the people living in Dormy Care Communities care homes in Dorset, Hampshire, Wales and Herefordshire, has been published. The book documents the special memories, stories and anecdotes of residents that relate to a particular song or piece of music and includes QR codes to…
A study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine has suggested that alcohol use, even at moderate levels, may have no safe threshold when it comes to brain health. Researchers from The University of Oxford, Yale University, and the University of Cambridge combined observational data from more than half a million participants in the US Million Veteran…