Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and numerous former professional footballers and their families have joined renewed calls for an amendment to the Football Governance Bill to make it a statutory duty to develop a dementia strategy. Increasing evidence has linked neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia, to playing football (at all…
The Applied Research Collaboration and Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex has developed ‘My Choice’, an evidence-based information resource that gives people with dementia and their families information on living with dementia. The resource has been co-designed with people living with dementia, and includes eating well, mental health, hearing and vision, cognitive activities, using supportive technology,…
The second annual World Lewy Body Day is being marked today, 28 January 2025. 28 January is the birthday of neurologist and neuropathologist Dr Fritz Jacob Heinrich Lewy who discovered Lewy bodies in 1912. Organisations from eleven countries, including the UK Lewy Body Society, are taking part in this awareness raising event for Lewy body…
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) are looking for examples of dementia rehabilitation programmes to potentially include in ADI’s 2025 World Alzheimer Report to be published in September. If you want to share any examples, email Chloe Benoist c.benoist@alzint.org For more information about rehabilitation and dementia, the recording of ADI’s 21 January webinar is here: https://youtu.be/5FLNyEIEc80?si=rlax3LiUa0Xnh2BM
Dementia UK has relaunched their ‘We live with dementia’ campaign. The campaign features a range of resources, including films and guides. You can find out more from our 2024 coverage of ‘We live with dementia’ here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/we-live-with-dementia
Innovate UK has launched their ‘Ignite Labs: Health & Care Innovations’ programme. The programme is for innovators from UK SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) who are developing innovative products and services (eg technologies, medical devices, digital solutions) in any field relating to human health and wellbeing, including health living/ageing. The programme runs from 11 February…
The Care Workers’ Charity has launched its Mental Wellbeing Survey. The survey is designed to identify a range of issues faced by care workers. The results will be used by The Care Workers’ Charity to influence policy decisions. The survey will take around 10-20 minutes to fill in and there is prize draw for everyone…
Greensleeves Care has announced its ‘Big Warm Up’ – a series of community events taking place across Greensleeves Care homes in England on Saturday 25 January 2025. ‘Big Warm Up’ events include afternoon teas, community shows, competitions and acts to inspire and pay tribute to warmth and care. The celebrations are open to all ages…
Researchers are looking for English-speaking people in a relationship, living at home, and where one person in the couple has dementia to share perspectives to support a program promoting relationship quality for couples affected by dementia. Questions the researchers want to address are: What impact does dementia have on your relationship? What could help you…
Ziyue Wang, a PhD research student at University of Galway in Ireland, is looking for people living with young onset dementia symptoms to participate in research into improving social health. Ziyue Wang says: “Improved social health can be a protective factor for people with young onset dementia symptoms. This study aims to investigate the social…