Dr Clarissa Giebel and Emma Williams from the University of Liverpool are looking for research participants who are living with a neurodegenerative condition (for example: dementia, MS, MND) or caring for a family member or friend with a neurodegenerative condition, to take part in research into social care needs assessments. Participants will be asked to…
The BBC has aired: ‘Disclosure – Care Home Undercover’. The programme follows BBC Scotland journalist Catriona MacPhee as she goes undercover as a cleaner at a care home in Inverness. The film features residents living with dementia and numerous incredibly distressing scenes. You can watch the programme on iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002k175/disclosure-care-home-undercover
The Lancet has published a series of three papers on Alzheimer’s disease. Featuring forty prominent Alzheimer’s disease specialists, these papers outline the healthcare, policy and social changes needed to make the most of developments in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, alongside a look at what the future might hold. You can read the…
Dementia UK has used World Alzheimer’s Month to share a series of films showing ‘Open Conversations’ about experiences of dementia. The films feature Sylvia and George, a married couple, Ronnie and Will, a mum and son, and Elene and Safia. Elene’s mum was diagnosed with dementia and Safia is a dementia specialist Admiral Nurse supporting…
Care England has published a report entitled, ‘From Inactivity to Independence: A Fitness Approach for Older People in Adult Social Care’. This report is based on a partnership between Be Great Fitness and Tanglewood Care Homes that has seen weekly seated exercise sessions delivered to Tanglewood Care Home residents since August 2024. These sessions, tailored…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has celebrated a year of their Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project at a House of Lords reception, attended by Dementia Community. At the reception Hannah Reseigh-Lincoln, a member of the Advisory Board, spoke about her experiences as a frontline care worker: “Becoming a care worker, alongside it’s challenges,…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has published a new report entitled, ‘Seeing the unseen: Rethinking dementia diagnosis’. The content in this report is informed by work Alzheimer’s Research UK did during 2024 and 2025 with over 500 people affected by dementia and more than 160 healthcare professionals working in NHS dementia services. Findings include: Hilary Evans-Newton,…
Babs the Brain, a giant, walk-through inflatable brain, is touring towns across Scotland to promote better brain health as part of Alzheimer Scotland’s new partnership with Scotmid Cooperative. Babs the Brain, named in honour of the late Dame Barbara Windsor who died in 2020 of Alzheimer’s disease, began the Big Brain Tour of Scotland on…
The Alzheimer’s Society has used sport to boost the profile of dementia during World Alzheimer’s Month. Broadcasters and organisations including TNT Sports, Sky Sports, TalkSPORT, the Football Association, League Managers Association, Premier League and English Football League have worked with the Alzheimer’s Society on content including dementia-focused interviews and short films with leading sporting figures. …
WCS Care has implemented a retrofit circadian lighting solution that has measurably improved the wellbeing of residents living with dementia. The system WCS Care now have at Sycamores, a 1960s-built care home, mimics the natural progression of daylight, changing from bright white light (6,500K) in the day to warm, low, candlelight (2,200K) in the evening,…