The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has announced the development of their new guideline: ‘Maintaining occupations and maximising independence while living with dementia’. The Guideline Development Group, which is made up of experts in dementia including occupational therapists, people diagnosed with dementia and their supporters, has drafted the scope and would like feedback from…
DeNPRU (Policy Research Unit Dementia and Neurodegeneration) Exeter has published a report entitled ‘Living alone with dementia: a neglected inequality’. The report details that as many as one in three of all people with dementia live alone. It challenges the assumption that people with dementia will have a carer available, and highlights the lack of…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has published a report following roundtables they held in November 2024 on the future of adult social care. The roundtables brought together care workers, people drawing on care, unpaid carers, care providers, commissioners and advocacy groups to examine the challenges facing the sector and ideas for reform. Karolina Gerlich, CEO…
Following the premiere and cinema release of Grey Matter in 2024 https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/greymatter it is now available to stream from Sky Store, Rakuten TV, iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. Grey Matter stars Stephanie Beacham as Peg, a lady living with Alzheimer’s disease. The film shows the challenges and triumphs of living with the disease and a…
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published further draft guidance for public consultation that continues to not recommend Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab for use on the NHS. You can read more from NICE here: https://www.nice.org.uk/news/articles/second-consultation-launched-on-nhs-funding-for-alzheimer-s-treatments We covered the 2024 licencing and NHS use announcements on lecanemab here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/mhra-licence-lecanemab-for-use-in-the-uk. The most…
Skills for Care is again running ‘Celebrating Social Care’ throughout April. This campaign showcases the fantastic contributions of individuals working in numerous roles across social care. Skills for Care is encouraging everyone to share stories, shoutouts and celebrations. You can find out more here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/Spotlight-on/CelebratingSocialCare.aspx
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) are inviting people with lived experience of social care to help co-produce a ‘Co-production diagnostic toolkit’. The toolkit is intended to help everyone working in adult social care to maximise their co-production practices and align with best practices (including those required by CQC) to ensure that they truly…
16-22 June 2025 will be a busy week in the UK social care calendar as Person Centred Software’s Glad to Care Awareness Week is set to run alongside Care Home Open Week (read more about Care Home Open Week here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/music-for-dementia-partner-with-care-home-open-week-2025). Glad to Care Awareness Week is a national campaign to pay tribute to the dedication of…
The Centre for Ageing Better has published their Age-friendly Communities impact report entitled, ‘Moving towards an age-friendly UK’. Over 45 Age-friendly Communities supported the development of the findings in the report which describes the positive impacts that Age-friendly Communities are having on the local systems they represent and the older people that live in them. …
Applications are now open for The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) Social Prescribing Innovation Network. The Network has over 150 members already and is looking to expand to incorporate more organisations who are committed to delivering social prescribing. Membership is free, offers a range of benefits and operates on a yearly basis. Find out…