Care workers are invited to take part in a survey on quality of working life and coping during the pandemic. It is the fifth survey of a series of pandemic surveys to explore the health and wellbeing of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, social care workers and social workers across the UK. Reports from the…
NHS Digital has launched a social care cyber security resource aimed at building awareness among staff in care homes and supported living accommodation. Called Keep I.T. Confidential, the toolkit includes free campaign materials to improve staff knowledge of cyber security concerns such as phishing, data sharing, unlocked screens and weak passwords. Among the materials are…
Specialist dementia care provider Belong has appointed Martin Rix as its new chief executive. Rix will lead the next phase of the care village operator’s expansion as it prepares to open three new villages over the next three years. Previously chief operating officer at Norfolk-based Norse Care, Rix was responsible for services in 36 care…
Care provider Anchor has launched a dementia music therapy project with a university research unit to find out how best to include music in the care pathway. Funded by the Utley Foundation and conducted with Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, the project will also upskill care workers in using music in…
Four innovative products assisting people with dementia have been identified as part of Alzheimer’s Society’s Accelerator Programme, which fosters creative ideas in the field. The products are Start Voice Control, which will help reduce distress among those experiencing communication difficulties; the Music Project, which will enhance life through music and meaningful activity; Smart Socks from…
The Young Dementia Network (YDN) has developed a resource to support implementation of the NICE guideline for young onset dementia. Intended for commissioners and frontline health and care professionals, it provides guidance on how to meet the needs of working age people living with dementia. YDN said that young onset dementia had significant differences from…
Health secretary Sajid Javid has held out the prospect of a 10-year plan to prevent dementia and boost funding for research. Speaking at Alzheimer’s Society’s annual conference, Javid pledged that the plan – the government’s long awaited dementia strategy now expected later this year – would focus on how medicines, science and technology can be…
The charity Music for Dementia is celebrating Carers Week this week (6-12 June) by highlighting the support on offer to carers – as well as the people they care for – to experience the therapeutic benefits of music. In particular, the charity has turned the spotlight on Musica Music’s Press Play to Rewind programme, Playlist…
Jill Manthorpe, professor of social work at King’s College London and member of JDC’s editorial advisory board, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Professor Manthorpe, who has made a major contribution to dementia care research, said the honour recognised the fact that social care and social work research had “come of…
More than 1,000 in-person and online delegates are expected at ADI 2022 this week, the global dementia care conference taking place in London (9-11 June). Organisers Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) say it will be an opportunity to network with people living with dementia, carers, professionals and researchers. For more information on the 35th Global Conference…