A new book, titled “Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain,” aims to combine the latest scientific findings about Alzheimer’s disease with the authors’ own experience of caring for parents with dementia. The book, by medical doctor Emily Clionsky and neuropsychologist Mitchell Clionsky, is designed as a practical guide to dementia risk and…
A £600,000 grant from the Arts Council will enable the appointment of seven “creative health associates” in each of the seven NHS regions with the aim of using creativity to promote health and wellbeing. The programme, announced by the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH), is designed to foster conditions for creative health to be…
A PhD studentship is on offer from the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS) to look at the development and evaluation of a “best housing” assessment tool for people living with dementia in extra care housing. The fully funded, full-time studentship seeks to understand the reasons why people with dementia move out of extra care housing…
Using hearing aids may significantly reduce the risk of dementia among people with hearing loss, research published in Lancet Public Health suggests. A study involving more than 400,000 participants, drawing on the UK Biobank cohort, found that people with hearing loss who do not use hearing aids may be at higher risk of dementia than…
In a bid to dispel common misconceptions about dementia, Care UK has produced a new video guide to help families understand what dementia really means when a loved one is diagnosed with the condition. The care home provider has pulled together advice from experts and families themselves to produce the video guide, called One Step…
We will remember them: Wren Hall, a specialist dementia nursing home in Nottinghamshire, hosted a special Remembrance Day on March 27 as a mark of respect to everyone affected by the pandemic. It was exactly three years after the home’s first family member tested positive for Covid-19. The “We Will Remember Day” brought people together…
Meeting Centres across the UK are being invited to contribute a “square” to a blanket that will celebrate their achievement. Worcester University’s Association for Dementia Studies, instrumental in setting up Meeting Centres in the UK, will assemble the squares into a blanket to form a “wonderful representation of the Meeting Centres UK family.” Squares should…
Health Education England (HEE) has awarded funding worth £700,000 to 28 health and care organisations as part of its “Volunteer to Career” programme. The programme, set up by the charity Helpforce, helps volunteers who want to work in the NHS to progress into a health and care career. Under the initiative, the organisations will have…
NVISION is a free online resource that helps people with sight problems, including people with Alzheimer’s where it has affected their vision. The US-based website gives guidance on how a wide range of neurological disorders impact on eyesight, what to expect and what action to take. Here is a link to the webpage containing information…
A new e-learning programme called “Care As You Are” is designed as a new approach to skills and practice development for staff in care and health organisations. The aim is to develop reflective practice as a way to provide emotional support to family carers of people living with dementia. The programme endeavours to go beyond…