Leeds Beckett University offering a fully funded dementia research PhD  

The Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University are offering a fully funded PhD to research the experiences and support needs of social care staff in the management of long-term conditions alongside dementia. It is funded by the NIHR Three Schools Dementia Research programme, and is aimed at individuals looking to develop a career … Read more

Adopt a Grandparent launch webinar series

Adopt a Grandparent have launched a new series of webinars to share the impact they are making and encourage more care homes and volunteers to register with them.  Adopt a Grandparent pair older, socially isolated care home residents (including people with dementia) with volunteers worldwide to combat loneliness and encourage intergenerational relationships. Established as a … Read more

‘Dare to Imagine’ resource handbook for care homes

Magic Me, an intergenerational arts charity, have published ‘DARE TO IMAGINE – A care home’s guide to creativity’.  This free resource builds on Magic Me’s Artists’ Residencies in Care Homes (ARCH) programme that saw arts companies team up with care homes to create new artworks with and for older care home residents.  ‘Dare to Imagine’ … Read more

Social care leaders endorse statement on the responsible use of AI

Leaders from across social care have come together to discuss the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the benefits and risks of AI.  Following this, a position statement has been published by the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, and it can be read here: https://www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-statement-responsible-use-generative-ai-adult-social-care.    

The Filo Project calls for an end to the ‘Dementia Tax’

The Filo Project, a Community Interest Company who provide day care for people with dementia, have launched a campaign called ‘End the Dementia Tax’ to ask for a change in VAT rules.  Currently, The Filo Project have to charge the families who access their support the extra 20% VAT charge because they aren’t a regulated … Read more

New extra care housing resources

The University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies have published new resources to support their DemECH Project, which explored how Extra Care Housing can help people to live well with dementia.    The new resources, which are all available for free, are:  Key insights booklets  An infographic  A series of short videos  Find out more here: … Read more

Initial delivery plan for Scottish Dementia Strategy published

Following the launch of Scotland’s new dementia strategy, ‘Dementia in Scotland: Everyone’s Story’, in May 2023, the Scottish Government and COSLA (The voice of local government in Scotland) have published a delivery plan for how they will work with people with lived experience and delivery partners to implement the strategy.  This delivery plan runs from … Read more

Living well with dementia workshop for Afro Caribbean carers

The University of Bradford Centre for Applied Dementia Studies are designing information to help families to live well with dementia, and are looking for carers from the Afro Caribbean community to share their opinions.  Researchers are running two workshops – on 5th and 8th March 2024 – and are providing £40 gift vouchers as a … Read more

Survey shows caring responsibilities disproportionately affect women

A survey commissioned by Home Instead has shown that family carer responsibilities are disproportionately affecting women.  Key stats from the research (conducted by Savanta, who spoke to 2000 people across the UK) include:    There is greater expectation on women to meet caring responsibilities than men, according to 88% of females and 65% of men.  Similarly, … Read more

New SCIE website

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have launched a new website.   SCIE’s work centres around co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in social care and social work.  You can visit the new website here: https://www.scie.org.uk/. An abridged SCIE dementia resource can be found here: … Read more