Eurocare research carried out by University College London and St George’s University of London, with support from UK charity Carers Trust and research teams in Spain, Norway and Germany, has documented the impact unpaid care has on the mental health of those providing it, and how unpaid care is more likely to be provided by…
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Salford, has created the position of the first Chair of Adult Social Care Nursing. Dr Claire Pryor has been appointed to the role. Dr Pryor currently works as an Assistant Professor of adult nursing at Northumbria University, specialising in frailty, social care…
UK dementia charities Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK Dementia Research Institute and Alzheimer Scotland have collaborated to create ‘Dementia: a manifesto’. The coalition’s manifesto calls on the next UK Government to make dementia a key priority, with actions to prevent, diagnose, support, care and research. You can read the manifesto here: https://www.dementiauk.org/wp-content/uploads/dementia-uk-dementia-coalition-manifesto-2024.pdf
Singer and actress Anita Harris has released ‘Never lose hope’, a poignant song in memory of her late husband. Anita, who wrote the song herself, recorded ‘Never lose hope’ to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Her husband Mike died only a few days after their golden wedding anniversary in May 2023, and Anita has…
The National Activity Provides Association (NAPA) has launched the Involvement Pack for the 2024 Arts in Care Homes (AICH) programme. Taking place on 24 September, Arts in Care Homes is themed this year around ‘Home’ and what home really means to a person living in a care home. The programme will be led by new…
Alzheimer Scotland’s Commission on the Future of Long-Term Care in Scotland has published a report with 16 key recommendations that they hope will be addressed as a central Scottish Government priority. The Commission, led by former First Minister of Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland Ambassador Henry McLeish, has identified key challenges in the planning and commissioning…
Professor David Jolley has died, at home, after a long illness. He was a strong supporter of the Journal of Dementia Care and the UK Dementia Congress. Barbara Stephens of Dementia Community writes: “David learned first about new approaches to the care of older people with dementia and similar disorders as a medical student, spending…
Following the launch in England of the new Reading Well for Dementia list https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/reading-well-for-dementia, a launch event has now taken place in Senedd, Wales, the home of the Welsh parliament. In Wales, the Reading Well for dementia collection includes an extra title that is only available in the Welsh language ‘Datod: Straeon am Ddementia’ Find…
Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association has begun to run drop-in clinics to support the growing ageing population on the island. The new sessions are running on the last Friday of every month at The Centre in St Sampson’s from 10:00-11:00. The clinics are intended to answer questions people may have about living with dementia and provide advice…
BRACE, a Bristol-based dementia charity, has received a landmark £1m donation to support dementia research in the South West. Brace say the donation will be used in research activities aimed at improving early dementia diagnosis, something BRACE has already heavily funded through supporting the development of Fastball, an early Alzheimer’s test which is currently being investigated by the NHS as…