A study looking at the health of more than 413,000 people taking part in the UK Biobank project has reiterated the link between air pollution, brain ill-health and dementia. Participants were between 40 and 69 years old and free of dementia, cancer or stroke at the start of the study. Their health was tracked, focusing…
Carers UK have created a new guide – ‘Carers Active’ – to support professionals to make a positive difference for unpaid carers by offering tailored activities that encourage them to get active. The guide builds on responses from nearly 150 professionals and organisations who are seeing the benefits of improved health and wellbeing outcomes for…
The Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at KCL, and Primary Care and Population Health at UCL, have joined forces to create a network and webinar series to address the poorer health and wellbeing in later life that the LGBTQ+ community experience. People from the LGBTQ+ community face inequalities throughout the life course, which…
The Local Dementia Action Alliance (LDAA) website, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Society, closed on 5 January 2024. Alzheimer’s Society now signpost to their own resources on the DAA website. You can find out more here: https://www.dementiaaction.org.uk. At Dementia Community, we are keen for all local Dementia Action Alliance members to join us to continue the…
A new film depicting dementia is coming to UK screens in February. It stars Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain and Venice Film Festival Best Actor winner Peter Sarsgaard, who portrays a man living with young onset dementia. Described as an unconventional love story, the film shows Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) as a social worker who leads a simple and structured life until…
Innovations in Dementia have launched a new guide to writing accessibly for people with dementia, co-produced with the Dementia Diarists DEEP group and aimed at anyone who wants to make their written information easier for people to read. Informing this work – which was supported by an Awards for All grant from the National Lottery Community Fund and…
A game that can be used to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities for health and social care professionals, carers, people living with dementia, decision makers and the general public has shown positive initial outcomes in a study published by researchers from the University of Liverpool. The Dementia Inequalities Game – created by the University of…
Francesca Taylor-Coleman, an artist who lives in Dundee, is looking for volunteers who were teens when a parent was diagnosed with cognitive impairment to participate in research into the impact of dementia on children. The aim of Francesca’s research, which is supported by Age Scotland’s ‘About Dementia’ Project, is to make sure that the children…
Dementia UK have launched a new awareness campaign aimed at families with the message: ‘If you love someone living with dementia, you’re living with it too.’ The campaign will run in the UK from January to March 2024 and highlight the practical and emotional support available to families and individuals affected by dementia, most notably…
Professor Claire Surr, who leads Leeds Beckett University’s Centre for Dementia Research, has been chosen to chair the brand-new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Programme for Social Care Funding Panel, following a formal application process. Professor Surr said: “I’m excited to be part of this new programme and I’m looking forward…