The IDEAL Project has published dementia maps (one for people living with dementia and one for unpaid carers) for Dementia Action Week 2024. The IDEAL Project says of the Maps: “The aim is to encourage practitioners, professionals, and commissioners to think more broadly about living with dementia and the myriad ways in which it impacts an individual…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has launched ‘I didn’t sign up for this’, a campaign begun during Dementia Action Week 2024 inviting supporters to let unpaid dementia carers know that they are not alone. DCC says: “We believe no carer should feel overwhelmed or alone, and all dementia carers deserve emotional and practical support which meets…
The Lewy Body Society has used Dementia Action Week 2024 to call for better diagnosis and treatment of ‘the most common disease you have never heard of’. Jacqui Cannon, Chief Executive of the Lewy Body Society says: “Lewy body dementia is the second most common age-related dementia and third most common overall. Officially, it accounts…
Age UK has secured funding from the LTA Tennis Foundation to run a 2-year walking tennis initiative for older people in eight locations across England. Walking Tennis sessions will start being delivered through local Age UKs in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin, Lincoln and South Lincolnshire, Devon, Sutton, Calderdale and Kirklees, Waltham Forest, Blackburn with Darwen…
Dementia Carers Count (DCC) are looking for new members for their Carers’ Advisory Panel. Being a member of the DCC Advisory Panel involves helping Dementia Carers Count shape what they campaign about and how they campaign. If you are, or have been, a carer or know someone who is you can find out more by…
The Mary Stevens Hospice and No Barriers Here has launched new educational resources to ensure the needs of LGBTQ+ people at end of life are met. Funded by Marie Curie, ‘It’s more than rainbows in reception – Working with LGBTQ+ people in palliative and end of life care’ is for anyone working in or commissioning…
Alzheimer Scotland’s first Outdoor Dementia Research Centre (ODRC) has celebrated its first full year since launching in April 2023. Based at Badaguish, near Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park, the ODRC provides facilities for people with dementia and their families to enjoy time outside. Activities provided at the centre include walks and trails, birdwatching, wildlife…
Age UK has published a report entitled ‘A step change: improving delivery of the Disabled Facilities Grant’ that is calling on local authorities to improve the way they deliver home adaptations for older and disabled people. Age UK say that two-thirds of local authorities took longer than the recommended six months to deliver adaptations through…
‘I can still swing a spade’: a qualitative exploratory study of gardening groups for people with dementia: Ageing & Society. A study into community gardening groups has been published by Cambridge University Press entitled, ‘I can still swing a spade’: a qualitative exploratory study of gardening groups for people with dementia’. The study, conducted by…
The British Geriatric Society (BGS) has published a list of preferred language when referring to older people in a health context. It has been compiled to help healthcare professionals, academics and authors to avoid language which may be considered unacceptable or inappropriate. The list provides a guide regarding language to avoid and preferred alternatives. It…