Care England – supported by Ally Cares – has published a white paper entitled: ‘The Sleep Gap: The Overlooked Factor Costing Lives, Time and Trust in Care’. The white paper features research and data that shows many care home residents are getting fewer than five hours of uninterrupted sleep per night, and links this poor…
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched a UK-wide recruitment drive for clinical trials. Adults across the UK are being urged to register, with underrepresented groups – including young people and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds – particularly encouraged to sign up to ‘Be Part of Research’. Find out more here:…
A gene therapy has been hailed as potentially ‘transformative’ in stopping the progression of a genetic type of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) known as FTD-GRN. This type of FTD is caused by mutations of a gene that leads to a deficiency of progranulin (GRN), a protein that is essential for maintaining healthy brain cells. The company…
A study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, has shown that the rollout of Social Prescribing Link Workers has led to improved patient outcomes and experiences. Four million patient records were analysed for the study, making this the largest investigation into the national impact of the UK Government’s 2019 drive to increase the…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in America. This follows a US study, published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia, where scientists tested patients from an outpatient memory clinic in Florida to look for two proteins – amyloid beta 42/40 and p-tau217. Dr Gregg…
Carers UK has partnered with The Centre for Care at the Universities of Sheffield and Birmingham to launch a new interactive dashboard that is intended to be a one-stop-shop of data on unpaid caring across England and Wales. The dashboard allows viewers to analyse – at local authority level – ONS Census data on unpaid…
A study published in npj dementia has linked sleep disorders with a doubling of the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease such as dementia. Researchers from UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, analysed data from electronic health records to…
The Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Frankland has been published, highlighting issues around prisoners with dementia. The report, from monitoring that took place from 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024, says: “Dementia and elderly frail prisoners remain a problem throughout the prison; facilities remain quite poor and there are number…
The NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC) has funded 14 projects from its first call. The £7.5m of newly funded projects include specific work relating to dementia: There are also projects that could potentially relate to people with dementia, including: Professor Martin Knapp, Director of the NIHR…
Age Scotland has published a report entitled: ‘Ageing Well in Prison – Evaluation Report’. The evaluation is of a 7-week programme prisoners undertook at HMP Shotts. The programme covered evidence-based elements of wellbeing, and included tools for how to build healthy habits for long-term behaviour change. Participants from HMP Shotts filled in a workbook throughout…