The NHS 2025/26 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance has been published and shows that the dementia diagnosis rate target has been removed. The target had said that 66.7% of people living with dementia in England should have a diagnosis. Dementia is now not mentioned in the guidance at all. Fiona Carragher, Chief Policy and Research…
The Lewy Body Society has used World Lewy Body Day https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/second-annual-world-lewy-body-day-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-lbd to ask people to sign their Lewy List petition. Jacqui Cannon, CEO of The Lewy Body Society, says: “Lewy body dementia is the most common form of dementia in older people after Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the vast number of people living with the condition,…
The announcement that actress Pauline Quirke has stepped back from acting following her dementia diagnosis aged 61 (diagnosis in 2021) has received extensive media coverage and prompted a renewed focus on young onset dementia. Pauline and her husband, Steve, have pledged future support for Alzheimer’s Research UK. You can read a statement on the ARUK…
The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has shared ‘Listening to residents’ voices – Help shape research’, a guide aimed at activity staff, care home managers and care home teams to show how listening to residents’ voices, and linking with research projects, can be an enjoyable and meaningful activity for older people living in care homes. …
Carers UK has launched their 2025 Poetry Competition. The theme for poems is ‘caring, family and community’ and prizes are being offered for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, plus a Carers UK member prize. The judge for this year’s competition is Cheryl Moskowitz – a writer, poet, creative translator, educator and former carer. A Share and…
The Young Dementia Network has launched a survey to review the Network’s progress and develop the next Network strategy which will set out what the Young Dementia Network want to achieve from now until 2028. The survey is anonymous and will take around 15 minutes to complete. You can participate here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/youngdementianetworksurvey2025/. The survey closes…
Working with Dementia Network Plus is being launched on 26 February 2025. Working with Dementia Network Plus aims to address social and financial inequalities for those affected by dementia in employment. The Working with Dementia Network Plus team want to build a network of people to support their work including those with lived experience of…
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has launched a supporter survey to assess their performance as a charity. ARUK are working with charity research agency, nfpResearch, to compare ARUK to other charities and understand more about how ARUK can improve. You can access the survey here: https://surveys.nfpresearch.com/s3/Alzheimer-s-Research-UK-Supporter-survey-2025 The survey is live until Sunday, 23 February 2025.
The King’s Fund has launched ‘Do With’, a movement of people and organisations calling for a radical shift in the public sector from ‘doing to’ to ‘doing with’. The first meeting of this new movement is on 26 March 2025, and The King’s Fund say of this event and their plans for ‘Do With’: “We…
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands has announced three funded internships. The internships are intended to build capacity in dementia research, and interns will work with a Dementia Capacity (Dem-Comm) fellow to support one of the following areas of work: Applications are open to pre-doctoral students, health and social care practitioners up to NHS…