Dementia Summit is a new conference from the King’s Fund think tank around the theme “It’s Time to Talk about Dementia”. Taking place at King’s Fund HQ in London on 31st October, the one-day conference will include a “thought provoking programme” on education, research and care in dementia. It will take place in the context…
A “one stop shop” dementia support hub in West Sussex is having a markedly positive impact on quality of life and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers. An evaluation of Sage House by the University of Chichester suggests that the facility, run by local charity Dementia Support, provides a “viable solution” to living…
What should the next phase of the government’s dementia strategy focus on? A forthcoming dementia care webinar, hosted by Public Policy Exchange, will assess the impact of the last strategy and discuss ideas on what the government’s proposed 10-year plan for dementia care should contain. Entitled Improving Dementia Care: Tackling the Crisis in Care Quality,…
Sport United Against Dementia is a new initiative from Alzheimer’s Society to ensure people with dementia can keep enjoying live sport at venues across England. Among these venues is Wembley Stadium and in a blog on the Society’s website Tom Benoist talks about his role as a member of the supporter care team for the…
Campaigning charity Parkinson’s UK has called for better training for health professionals on Parkinson’s related dementia and produced a new toolkit to help them. The toolkit gives an overview of Parkinson’s dementia, including risk factors, symptoms and assessments, while also suggesting treatment strategies. It is aimed at health and care professionals who support people with…
Revving up for a party: More than 100 bikers turned up for John Fletcher’s 91st birthday following an appeal on community Facebook groups. John, a resident at Studley Rose care home in Warwickshire, is a motorbike enthusiast and used to be the proud owner of classic bikes such as a Royal Enfield, Triumph and BSA. …
Dr Shirley Evans has been appointed director of the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS) at the University of Worcester following a spell as interim director. While at ADS Dr Evans has played a key part in driving forward the Meeting Centres programme in the UK, which has mushroomed from 13 centres before the pandemic to…
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has put out a call for abstracts for presentations at its annual conference in Krakow, Poland, in 2024. ADI’s 36th Global Conference runs from 24-26 April and is subtitled “Dementia: Insights, Innovations and Inspirations.” Both scientific and non-scientific abstracts are welcomed around the seven action areas of the World Health Organisation…
A threefold increase in delayed discharges and 855,000 emergency admissions to hospital for older people (in 2019/20) that might have been avoided are just two of the headline figures from a new report by Age UK. According to the report, one in six emergency admissions of people over 75 occur within 30 days of last…
Figures from Skills for Care reveal that care worker vacancies have fallen from a historic high of 165,000 last year to just over 150,000. While the vacancy rate remains above pre-pandemic levels, it will provide some reassurance in a sector that has been struggling with skills shortages. Responding to the report, Nuffield Trust deputy policy…