Winning ways: Artist Willy Gilder’s Self Portrait with Alzheimer’s has won a prize in an art competition run by the Edinburgh Practice together with Alzheimer Scotland. Willy says: “It was painted shortly after diagnosis and represents an amount of confusion”. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2021, he lives in Edinburgh and devotes his time to painting,…
The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at Stirling University is encouraging care providers to make use of its Environment for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Tool (EADDAT) by inviting them to self-certify free of charge during July. The DSDC said self-certification would reassure people with dementia using providers’ services that their needs were being actively…
Admiral Nurses share tips on “Supporting children and adolescents when a parent has young onset dementia” in new advice from Dementia UK. Topics covered include juggling parenting and dementia, supporting your child, recognising themselves as young carers, and changing family dynamics. It is available at www.dementiauk.org.
Dame Suzi Leather has been made chair of Alzheimer’s Society and takes over the role from Stephen Hill in September. Dame Suzi has previously chaired the Charity Commission and held several other leadership positions in the health and charity sectors. CEO Kate Lee welcomed the announcement by the Society’s board of trustees and said Dame…
Music charity Playlist for Life is inviting care providers to get involved in its summer programme of musical teas. The charity, whose founder Sally Magnusson was awarded an MBE for services to dementia in the King’s Birthday Honours, hopes that its “Summer of Musical Teas” will raise funds. Free musical tea packs for putting on…
The Young Dementia Network has made its June webinar about a young onset dementia nurse-led service available on catch-up. The webinar is presented by Jenny Kerti, community psychiatric nurse manager, alongside colleagues from the Younger Persons with Dementia Team in Northamptonshire. It reveals how the service offers continuity of support from GP referral for a…
Advice on “How to support somebody living with dementia in hot weather” has been produced online by Alzheimer’s Society. It focuses mainly on how to prevent dehydration by making drinks more accessible and by leaving prompts and reminders, among other things, but also gives tips to help people with dementia stay cool when it’s hot. …
A pioneering gift card scheme rewarded 1,000 family carers across Scotland during Carers Week this month. The gift cards are part of the Scotland Loves Local campaign to support local economies and can only be spent in the areas where they are issued. Scotland’s Towns Partnership interim chief office Kimberley Guthrie, who manages the scheme…
Reporting on its 25th anniversary year, the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) describes 2022 as a year of “remarkable achievements, significant milestones and profound impact.” It was marked by the first in-person conference for three years and the launch of the NAPA Year of Creativity national campaign, which Executive Director, Hilary Woodhead says in her…
Landscaped gardens can be created in line with the latest research on sensory and cognitive impairment, a newly revised factsheet suggests. “Landscape Design Principles for Dementia Care (2nd edition)” is an updated Housing LIN Factsheet (no 35), which shows how well-designed gardens can enhance residents’ quality of life in housing with care developments. It highlights…