New guidance has been published by Trend Diabetes on the practical management of diabetes and dementia. It includes a series of recommendations to promote a consistent, high-quality approach towards caring for people with both conditions. Trend Diabetes say: “This guidance has been developed to highlight the importance of recognising the relationship between diabetes and dementia,…
The Longitude Prize on Dementia*, that is driving the creation of personalised, technology-based tools that are co-created with people living with dementia, have announced a partnership with social innovation charity Social Tech Trust. This partnership will support The Longitude Prize on Dementia by enabling their 24 International Discovery Award Teams to develop working prototypes of…
The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) have published a blog exploring the topic of Trompe l’oeil (French for ‘deceive the eye’). This is an artistic term, often associated with painting, that tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. DSDC have highlighted this technique as inappropriate within care home environments for people…
Dementia Carers Count have published a stark report about dementia carers’ experiences based on responses to a survey of 1,314 dementia carers aged over 18 from across the UK undertaken between June and September 2023. The report details many findings, including that 9 in 10 dementia carers are reaching crisis points. Frances Lawrence, CEO Dementia…
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP) have published their 2023 report which highlights data they’ve collected from memory clinics who are current members MSNAP. The report includes both quantitative and thematic analysis and provides some thought-provoking headlines, not least that the number of new admissions taken on by memory clinics…
Care home provider KYN have worked with Innovations in Dementia to produce new guidelines on dementia language. Emma Hewat, Head of Dementia at KYN said: “We wanted to draw upon people’s lived experiences of dementia to create a new set of guidelines that was inclusive of their views, experiences and expectations of how they are…
NAPA (National Activity Providers Association) has created a user-friendly guide to help care home managers develop exciting person-centred arts offers involving all their staff teams, artists and the local community. Funded by The Baring Foundation, it’s been developed in response to a recommendation in the Every Care Home A Creative Home report in which a systematic approach…
Music Can is a new, inclusive digital platform, spearheaded by Universal Music UK, that is designed to empower families, caregivers and musicians to integrate music as a fundamental part of dementia care. Music Can includes a directory of support, playlists, music activities and advice and is a joint endeavour by the music industry, technology providers…
Dementia UK are planning their largest ever awareness campaign in 2024 and want to shine a light on how dementia impacts children by inviting all under-16’s to submit a piece of artwork which expresses how dementia affects them. Dementia UK will exhibit these pictures in a public space, on their social media channels and in…
Innovations in dementia have launched their England edition of their ‘Knowledge is Power’ post-diagnostic support resource. The booklet, like the Scotland and Wales editions, is written by people living with dementia for people living with dementia and contains a wealth of information, resources, and support for anyone with dementia and people around them. You can…