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…
The University of Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) are launching a new course entitled ‘LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Ageing and Dementia’. The course will look at topics such as historical discrimination, unconscious bias and celebrating diversity. It is intended to support health and social care staff to better understand the needs of the ageing LGBTQ+…
Nearly 4000 people from 28 NHS Memory Clinics are being invited to sign up to the five-year Read-Out (REAl World Dementia OUTcomes) study, led by the University of Oxford. The Read-Out study is part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/blood-tests-to-detect-dementia), and aims to assess a variety of blood tests for…
Carers UK has begun celebrating and reflecting on their 60 years of campaigning for unpaid carers under the theme of ‘Equality: today and tomorrow’. Carers UK’s history goes back to 1965, when Rev Mary Webster founded the first ever national unpaid carers organisation to raise awareness of women who were ignored and invisible whilst caring…
It’s been announced that the 2024/25 Carol Jennings Fellow is Dr Chris Hardy from University College London (UCL). Dr Hardy’s grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease, and his research focuses on developing ‘brain-hearing’ tests to analyse how the brain processes sound, with an aim to offer an accessible and cost-effective way to detect dementia. You can find…
The NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) School for Social Care Research (SSCR) has secured fourth phase funding. The new funding, up to £31million over 5 years, will enable the NIHR SSCR to continue working to improve adult social care practice by support the School’s core vision to provide better evidence for what…
The SPIN-Dementia Network Plus (which we first reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/four-projects-dementia-network-plus) is looking to build their network. They want to work with researchers, professionals, people living with dementia and unpaid carers. SPIN-Dementia Network Plus is looking at ways to reduce the risk of dementia, delay the onset of early symptoms and lessen the impact of…