Dementia Carers Count have published a stark report about dementia carers’ experiences based on responses to a survey of 1,314 dementia carers aged over 18 from across the UK undertaken between June and September 2023. The report details many findings, including that 9 in 10 dementia carers are reaching crisis points. Frances Lawrence, CEO Dementia … Read more
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) have published their 2023 report which highlights data they’ve collected from memory clinics who are current members MSNAP. The report includes both quantitative and thematic analysis and provides some thought-provoking headlines, not least that the number of new admissions taken on by memory clinics … Read more
Care home provider KYN have worked with Innovations in Dementia to produce new guidelines on dementia language. Emma Hewat, Head of Dementia at KYN said: “We wanted to draw upon people’s lived experiences of dementia to create a new set of guidelines that was inclusive of their views, experiences and expectations of how they are … Read more
NAPA (National Activity Providers Association) has created a user-friendly guide to help care home managers develop exciting person-centred arts offers involving all their staff teams, artists and the local community. Funded by The Baring Foundation, it’s been developed in response to a recommendation in the Every Care Home A Creative Home report in which a systematic approach … Read more
Music Can is a new, inclusive digital platform, spearheaded by Universal Music UK, that is designed to empower families, caregivers and musicians to integrate music as a fundamental part of dementia care. Music Can includes a directory of support, playlists, music activities and advice and is a joint endeavour by the music industry, technology providers … Read more
Dementia UK are planning their largest ever awareness campaign in 2024 and want to shine a light on how dementia impacts children by inviting all under-16’s to submit a piece of artwork which expresses how dementia affects them. Dementia UK will exhibit these pictures in a public space, on their social media channels and in … Read more
Innovations in dementia have launched their England edition of their ‘Knowledge is Power’ post-diagnostic support resource. The booklet, like the Scotland and Wales editions, is written by people living with dementia for people living with dementia and contains a wealth of information, resources, and support for anyone with dementia and people around them. You can … Read more
“We can diagnose and start to manage dementia earlier than we do currently,” the Chief Medical Officer’s Report on Health in an Ageing Society has admitted. Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report touches on dementia in several places, including in a chapter on secondary prevention and early diagnosis in older age. “An early diagnosis and access … Read more
Veterans living at Royal Star & Garter’s care homes attended the Cenotaph service in London on 12 November. World War Two veteran Ken, who lives at Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe, is pictured with a wreath at the Cenotaph.
A book documenting the life of human rights campaigner Professor Peter Mittler CBE has been published by the My Voice project, run by Manchester Jewish social care charity The Fed. Professor Mittler, who has dementia and has been active in the field, left Nazi-occupied Austria as an eight-year-old and came to England on the Kindertransport. … Read more