Worcester University researcher Rosemary Davies, who is a qualified counsellor, is looking for research participants with mild to moderate dementia to assist her with her project at the Association for Dementia Studies. She hopes volunteers will contribute to the aims of her research, which are to improve counselling for those with a recent diagnosis by…
Care home residents’ favourite recipes are contained in a new book called Nellsar Care and Cookery, which has been published online as a “celebration of person-centred catering, nutritional support and seasonal recipes” (see photo). The cookbook is a collection of 28 recipes favoured by residents at the family run care group Nellsar, based in the…
A nurse-led young onset dementia service in Northamptonshire will be highlighted in a webinar on 21 June. The younger persons with dementia team in the county will lead the webinar, which will show how what they describe as their unique model provides the continuity of support needed by people on the diagnostic pathway. Questions to…
Future vaccines against Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia will be the topic of discussion in Alzheimer’s Disease International’s (ADI) second “fireside chat”, which takes place online on 28 June. Titled “From research to reality: The future of vaccines for Alzheimer’s and dementia,” the chat will feature experts Wendy Weidner, head of research and…
An intergenerational space is to be opened as part of a Nottinghamshire care home to bring together residents and children from a neighbouring nursery (see photo). The initiative by Wren Hall, a dementia specialist nursing home, will see the opening of a “new collaborative building” with Little Wrens nursery, which is attached to the care…
Novel therapies for the “treatment of agitation” and disease-modifying therapies will help drive up the annual growth rate in Alzheimer’s disease drugs to 20% over a period of 10 years from 2020, according to an analysis by GlobalData. The market in eight of the world’s major economies, including the US and UK, was worth $2.2…
A timely dementia diagnosis should be a fundamental right, argues a new “Consensus Statement” signed by a group of 27 dementia experts. In the statement, the experts call for better funded and evidence-based dementia care pathways to make timely diagnosis a reality and say that health services must commit to returning diagnosis rates to pre-pandemic…
“This is a beautiful community – I felt immediately welcomed and comfortable” said Ronald Amanze, addressing the audience in the opening session of NAPA’s Year of Connected Communities Conference in London on 6 June 2023. He and his close friend Christine Maddocks (both are living well with dementia) answered the question from Hilary Woodhead, NAPA’s…
Alzheimer’s Society has been named as one of the UK’s top employers in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 survey. The charity scored highly for employee engagement and workplace happiness based on anonymised employee feedback. Overall engagement score was 86%, 13% above the industry average, 89% expressed confidence in management, while job satisfaction…
Eminent historian Professor Joanna Bourke recently gave a lecture on the cultural history of dementia now available online, in which she looks at how it has evolved from being considered a “normal part of ageing” to being considered “a disease that demands a cure.” She argues for a more open attitude to cognitive difference and…