Age UK has published a report entitled: ‘The State of Health and Care of Older People in 2024’. The report shows that two million older people in England are now living with some unmet need for social care. Other key findings from the report include: In relation to dementia, the report highlights that the diagnostic…
Join Dementia Research has shared a new animation to explain how people can take part in dementia research. Join Dementia Research is delivered in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK, the Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer Scotland and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. It was launched in 2015. Imogen Shillito, Director of Public Engagement for…
Dementia NI has launched a new documentary to share the voices of people living with dementia in Northern Ireland. ‘Hear our Voice’ is a co-production between Southern and South Eastern Health and Social Care Trusts and Dementia NI who teamed up with people living with dementia. The documentary is described as ‘a window into the…
Research led by academics from Queen’s University Belfast and published in JAMA Network Open has suggested that consuming flavonoid-rich foods and drinks could lower a person’s dementia risk by more than a quarter. The research was a population-based cohort study where dietary data from the UK Biobank was analysed from over 120,000 adults aged between…
Softwood Books and Gipping Press Ltd has launched Mirador Magazine in the UK. Mirador is an award-winning magazine designed for people living with dementia. It features large-print text, uses a sans serif font and follows a thoughtfully designed layout. The pages are ad-free and focus on positive, uplifting stories about nature, science, history and art….
Unpaid carers of people with Parkinson’s who experience memory and thinking problems as a symptom of their Parkinson’s are being sought by researchers at Northumbria University for a study into whether iSupport-PD is an engaging and useful tool for unpaid carers. The deadline for taking part in this research is 1 November 2024. You can…
A second Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia is being sought as part of the Power of Music Fund, supported by the Rayne Foundation. The focus of the new centre will be enhancing the health and social care workforce’s ability to integrate music into dementia care. It will operate alongside the first Power of…
New play ‘A Tupperware of Ashes’ has come to the National Theatre, London, with the central character, Queenie, being diagnosed with dementia at 68 years old. The promotion for the plays says: “An ambitious Michelin-Star chef, Queenie is used to having the last word. But when her children notice gaps in her memory and her…
The University of Manchester are conducting research into dementia in prisons and are looking to recruit experts by experience to provide guidance during their research. The research is part of the DeCIsion (Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in prison) study, which is developing care pathways for people with dementia in prisons and training for prison…
Two new reports have been published as a part of a series that the Alzheimer’s Society has commissioned from Carnall Farrar. Following on from the first report in May 2024 highlighting the annual cost of dementia https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/the-annual-costs-of-dementia.pdf, September 2024 has seen the publication of reports looking at the impact of dementia on the health system,…