A partnership between Alzheimer Scotland and New College Lanarkshire has seen the first Brain Health Scotland Centre for Health and Social Care opened. The Centre will work on projects and campaigns over the next three years to provide education on improving brain health for students, staff and the wider community, embedding brain health into New…
Marie Curie has launched their ‘End of Life List’ to encourage planning for the future. The document, available in English and Welsh, is a checklist created by clinicians that supports people to think about planning for their end of life. It’s been launched following a poll showing that one in three people in the UK…
A study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry has shown that people aged 70+ who regularly listen to music or play an instrument have a lower risk of developing dementia. The study was led by researchers at Australia’s Monash University, who analysed data from 10,893 Australians who were 70+ and dementia-free when they…
Dementia UK has signed up to the Health Research Authority (HSA) Shared Commitment to Public Involvement, which aims to drive up standards by improving the quality of public involvement across the health and research sector. Over 30 organisations have signed this pledge which is a commitment to involving people living with health conditions, carers, advocates,…
Age UK has published a report entitled, ‘Ageing while Black: the experiences of older Black Caribbean people in England’. The report covers different aspects of life, including employment and housing, with a sizable section on health that looks at topics such as racism, discrimination and inequalities. On dementia, the report says: “Older Black Caribbean people…
University College London (UCL) has published a study, part funded by Alzheimer’s Society’s Heather Corrie Impact Fund, that has shown shorter MRI scans (one third of the standard length) could be used to diagnose dementia. The team behind the ADMIRA study (Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Alzheimer’s disease) scanned 92 people in an outpatient setting…
Skills for Care has published ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2025’. In the report, under ‘Training categories within the group Specific conditions and disabilities (recorded in ASC-WDS local authority and independent sectors only) 2024/25’, it shows that 37% of adult social care workers have had dementia training (see…
CQC has published their annual State of Care report. Dementia is mentioned numerous times in relation to different settings that CQC inspect and has a specific section within the ‘Inequalities and concerns for specific groups of people’ chapter. CQC say of dementia care: “The number of people being diagnosed with dementia is increasing. However, staff…
Dementia UK and the Young Dementia Network has published a young onset dementia care framework. The framework has been developed to help integrated care boards (ICBs) meet the needs of people with young onset dementia. It is hoped the framework will help support care systems to deliver: The developers of the framework say: “The framework…
A report has been published by Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice entitled: ‘The health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate in England’. The report by Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England, aims to support professionals, practitioners and policymakers to improve…